CLST 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cherusci, Germania Inferior, Maius
6 Oct 2017
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Midterm: one essay question from 3 possibilities & fill in the blanks. Augustus famously restored the via flaminia (northern highway) from ariminium to rimini. Arch set up in its honour in rimini is still there; spqr inscription with designation. Tiberius (now tiberius julius caesar), his stepson, was made son and heir in ad 4: reaso(cid:374) ti(cid:271)erius (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t adopted u(cid:374)til ad 4 (cid:449)as because everyone else was gone and augustus had wanted a biological heir. Surviving grandson agrippa postumus was adopted as well so they were co-heirs: agrippa was quickly banished to an island for poor behaviour, agrippa, julia i, and julia ii were called his (cid:862)three sores(cid:863) Tiberius was forced to adopt his nephew germanicus, over his own son, drusus: ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)i(cid:272)us (cid:894)dire(cid:272)t des(cid:272)e(cid:374)de(cid:374)t of augustus(cid:895) (cid:449)as (cid:373)arried to augustus" granddaughter, agrippina. Tribunicia potestas: he could initiate legislation, was sacrosanct, and could veto. These powers he held for 10 years and then it was renewed in ad 13.
