CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Filial Piety, Historical Method, Princeps
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Augustus" ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire: 31/27 bce 476ce [fall of the western roman empire] Principate: 27-284 [diocletian calls himself dominus = the dominate] First dyn, 2 old and related senatorial families, the julius [augustus, tiberius, caligula] and the claudius families augustus has no successor so brings in the claudians. Sources: new historiography and sources for the julio-claudian period: Tacitus, 1st-2nd c ce: senator, republican leanings, hostile to imperial rule, esp against the julio- Claudians: wanted free press, happy when domitian (flavian family) is assassinated. Interested in how selfish motives of individuals impact events. Vergil, 20s bce: northern italian, seminal figure in latin poetry, aeneid seen as a propaganda poem for the new regime of augustus. Initiates the julia(cid:374) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) li(cid:374)e fro(cid:373) ae(cid:374)eas" so(cid:374), a(cid:374)d pro(cid:373)otes filial piet(cid:455) I(cid:374)s(cid:272)riptio(cid:374)s: start of the (cid:862)ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) epigraphi(cid:272) ha(cid:271)it(cid:863); as soo(cid:374) as a pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)e is. Romanized there is an increase of inscriptions it is roman to commemorate themselves and emperor this way.
