Succession Flashcards
Succession
Who
Marcellus
Agrippa
Tiberius
Gaius and Lucius
Julia
Succession
NO POLICY
Set new precedent for people to aspire to (as w/ self)
|_> no active movement
Realistically never leave to senate and people
|_> politically destabiling factor in future and for him
RG - ‘‘possessed no more official power than the others who were my colleagues’’
|_> any right to appoint successor?
There was ‘‘huge uncertainty’’ (SUET)
Gaius and Lucius
Succession
Marcellus
What
Who said what?
First sign of preference alongside Aug @ ‘Triple Triumph’ 29BC
Married to Julia 25BC
Velleius considered ‘‘successor in
power’’ (successor potentiae)
24BC made aedile
@ death 23BC placed in Mausoleum
Succession
Marcellus
What wrong?
Aug. Ill 23BC
|_> Marcellus not old enough
Signet ring given to Agrippa over Marcellus
Marcellus dies later that year
Succession
Agrippa
What
Who said what?
Signet ring over Marcellus 23BC
Sent East with share in Aug. ‘Imperium Proconsulare’
Married to Julia 21BC
13-12BC on coins with Aug. (Co-emperor)
Maecenas said ‘‘Agrippa raised so high either Aug. must marry him to Julia or kill him’’
|_> knowledge of a policy??
Succession
Agrippa
Problem?
Dies 12BC
Succession
Tiberius
What
Married to Julia 11BC
6BC tribunician power
|_> angered Aug by returning to Rhodes (clear plan)
Potential Imperium Proconsulare with campaigns to Germany and Pannonia
AD4 adopted (as was Agrippa Postumus) |_> 'Pool of Princes'
Forced to adopt Germanicus
Succession
Gaius and Lucius
Whats this mean?
Paired succession considered
Notions of Regency (Agrippa considered over both)
SENSE OF NO CLEAR POLICY
Succession
What done?
Policy seen through signs of preference
Ethos of Roman Aristocracy
Succession
What made apparent?
Deaths made it clear
Men repeatedly married off to Julia
Succession
Significance of who
All drawn from Princeps own house
|_> ‘Caesar’ name remains Head of State
Succession
What inspired
Inspired by Caesar (own experience)
