CLAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Marcus Atius, Last Roman Emperor, Octavians
1 Nov 2017
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Lecture 8: augustus and the birth of the roman empire: geopolitical term and constitutional term. Up till now its been a geopolitical term. Augustus makes it an empire under both terms: true beginning of roman empire, born octavius 23 september 63. Family reasonably distinguished but not very important. Best politician: recognized the importance of pr, images and messaging. 46 bce: octavius stages games for temple of vensus genetrix. (cid:455)ou"d pa(cid:455) fo(cid:396) it a(cid:374)d gi(cid:448)e out f(cid:396)ee food, people (cid:449)ould (cid:272)o(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d see the ga(cid:373)es fo(cid:396) f(cid:396)ee. Temple: for goddess of love: julius caesar claimed descent from venus. Joins caesar on spanish campaign: not a good military man, not good at fighting. On return to rome, caesar makes out new will -- no one knows what changes are. Posthumous adoption of octavius: adopts him as his official heir: (cid:272)aesa(cid:396)"s fo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)e, a(cid:374)d (cid:374)a(cid:373)e, caius julius caesar octavianus.
