Themes Of Principate Flashcards
Themes of Principate
What 7
Religion (piety)
Peace (Pax Romana//Augusta)
Self-Promotion
Victory
Empire Unity
Stability
Themes of Principate
Religion/Piety
RG - ‘‘restored 82 temples in my 6th consulship’’
Built prodigy buildings (Temple Jupiter Tonans and Temple Apollo Palatine)
Mars Ultor promised before Philippi (42BC)
|_> trust gods
Ara Pacis (altar of peace) |_> annual sacrifice (Caesar's death)
Themes of Principate
Peace (Pax Romana//Augusta)
Empire Unity
Ara Pacis
- acanthus (regen.)
- scorpions
- lizards
- Tellus (prosperity)
- coloured lunar marble from Carrara
- frieze (all same way)
Prima Porta
- Apollo/Diana (stag/griffin) return to centre (peace)
- Sol/Caelus new dawn
- Conquered women/provinces (unity)
Forum Aug
-caryatids (erechtheion) - Greece (unity)
Gates of Janus (3x)
Themes of Principate
Self Promotion
Where
RG - doesnt include marriage laws (failure)
- marched on Rome (said Senate appointed)
Public appears humble and abides by marriage laws (Julia and Julia exile to Planasia and Pandataria)
|_> private Eg. SUET - took woman from dinner table of an noble man to the bedroom.
'’First among equals’’
Themes of Principate
Self Promotion
How else achieve
Through tradition
- refused Pont. Max RG ‘‘i declined … in place of my colleague who was still alive’’
- 23 settlement (trib. 400 y/o)
- 31st Dec 33BC ceased to use triumviral title
Able to promote self before Actium as ‘GUARDIAN OF ROMAN TRADITION’
Themes of Principate
Victory
Forum Aug.
- Colossus and chariot
- Standards held
- Suet considers place for military
27 settlement
-Corona Civica
Prima Porta
-Diplomatic victory 20BC (Standards) - lost by Crassus in 53BC Battle Carrhae
Ara Pacis
-Campus Martius (mil leave and go from)
Themes of Principate
Stability
Roma seated upon arms
|_> Ovid (‘‘soldier carry arms only to repress arms’’)
Tellus - grapes on lap (fertility/stability)
|_> Rome on lap (children)
Senate/Equites stabilised (no more threat due to reformation)
|_> more efficient and effective for Rome
