CLAS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Eumolpus, Slacker, Marseille
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When thinking of rome, we think of a long uni-cultural era while taking in all this new land and creating an empire. >augustan ideal is portrayed through all different mediums. >augustan reforms create benefits for a good roman family and creating more children = all prized under augustan moral framework. Tiberius was the next emperor after augustus: 14-37ad. >tendency to see him as a non-unifying figure. >most people think he was capable emperor in a difficult situation after caligula. Imperial slaves and freedmen (have more money than other slaves and freedmen) >these status are not set in stone due to possibility to ascend in the hierarchy based on wealth and occupation. >most of his characters are in the lower classes despite differences in wealth. >kind of an adventure through the differences in lower classes, how they interact with each other and what kind of aspirations they have and how their aspirations fit into the whole roman hierarchy.
