Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 20: LECTURE TWENTY

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Octavian(cid:495)s family name was julius: (e is augustus(cid:495) stepson. Tiberius was named the second emperor, chosen by augustus (octavian: his last name is the same as his father, claudius. All of the emperors were coming from the julius or the claudius (the julio- He was governor of various provinces and a tribune. The actual influence he exerted was far greater than those two positions. The way to test the influence of the person is when a crisis comes and the person has to demonstrate the power they truly have. When augustus died, tiberius was clearly indicated as his chief successor. People believed that augustus chose tiberius because he was so uncharismatic that the people would realize how great augustus had been about what happened to all the provinces and titles that augustus had. Senators asked (cid:498)how much power do you want? (cid:499): it was his for the but he was finally brought back to fill augustus(cid:495) shoes.