Succession- dynamic establishment Flashcards
illness
Suffered from bouts of Illness from 28 BCe (Even considered restoring republic)
Suetonius: Twice … thought seriously of restoring the republic … could not shake off exhausting illness … however … decided dividing governmental responsibilities would be to jeopardise his life and national security
candidates
Candidates:
Marcellus
agrippa
gaius and lucius
tiberius
Marcellus
Marcellus, Married his daughter (Julia), died 23 BC
Vel.Pat: ‘noble qualities … equal to the profession’
Agrippa
Agrippa, Augustus’ right hand, married Julia, tribunician power 18 and 13 BC, married Julia, dies on campaign 12 BC
Vel.Pat: ‘death brought Tiberius closer to Caesar’
Gaius and Lucius
Gaius and Lucius, son of Agrippa and Julia, given Princeps Iuventutis and consul designate, died AD 4 and 2 Respectively -tacitus
Vel.Pat: ‘Need not to choose one … the one who towered above the other’
tacitus claims Livia involved in the deaths to promote Tiberius
Tacitus: ‘prematurely cut off by destiny or their step mother’
Tiberius
Tiberius, son of Livia, not Augustus, Legate in Germany and East,
Tribunician powers 5 yrs in 6 BC,
self imposed exile from 6 BC to 2 AD, issues returning due to Augustus’ spite, adopted AD 4,
tribunician power restored for 10 years
Vel.Pat: ‘early promise of becoming the great man’
tacitus ‘ in him everything tended to centre’ (after deaths of others, refering to titles and hopes of succession
coinage
Presented successors on coinage (Aureus of Augustus and Agrippa, Aureus of Gaius and Lucius, Aureus of Tiberius)
further succession
Not just concerned with his own succession
Tacitus, Augustus forced Tiberius to adopt Germanicus: ‘Appointed Germanicus … required Tiberius to adopt him’
Ultimately gave the Principate to a person he disliked,
Tacitus gives a good account: ‘not even appointed … affection or from concern … hoped … would rebound to his own greater glory’
AS of Augustus, 11-12 AD, depicts a youthful Augustus, despite being aged 73
