Scholarly quotes Flashcards
Who are the scholars that look at Augustus
- Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (3)
- Jones (6)
- Galinsky (5)
- Zanker (2)
- Cooley (1)
- Brunt & Moore (1)
Who said “the fascination with Augustus still has to fade”
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Who said “most of the historians were nobles”
Jones
Who said “Their [the poets’] status as ‘classics’ was established already in antiquity”
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
who said:
“Augustus’ transformation of Rome was a slow and gradual process”
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Who said “the historian Edward Gibbon ‘sketched Augustus as a “crafty tyrant’”
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Who said “Augustus was unable to persuade some of the adjacent landowners to sell and refused to use any compulsory powers”
Jones
Who said “the revival of the old religion is represented in the colleges of priests, the restored senate dominates on the wall”
Jones
Who said “he is indeed an enigmatic figure”
Jones
Who said “as a young man he was ruthless and unscrupulous”
Jones
Who said - Augustan art as “complex, nuanced, and multi referential”
Galinsky
who said “The relationship with Apollo would prove to be ideally suited to Octavian himself and to furthering his political image. All these goals and objectives, both during the struggle with Antony and then later in the building of a new order, could be associated with the god. Apollo stood first of all for discipline and morality…Apollo also stood for purification and for punishment of any form of excess. ……after the victory was won, then Apollo took on his role as singer, lyre player, and god of peace and reconciliation. As the prophetic god, with sibyl and sphinx, it was he who proclaimed the long-awaited new age”
Zanker
Who said “By building such a massive tomb for himself at Rome, the young Caesar was eager to highlight the contrast between himself and Antony. Whereas he was demonstrating his commitment to the city, Antony’s will (which Octavian illegally seized and made public) revealed that he wished to be buried at Alexandria with Cleopatra.”
Cooley
Who said “By appeal to the old, Augustus justified the new”
Galinsky
Who said - “most of the populace in Rome, let alone the provinces, was not fixated on constitutional niceties”
Galinsky