CLCV 2904 : Rome History Notes.docx
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Clcv 2905-a ~ monday, january 07, 2013 ~ lecture 01 th , 2013/ Octavian became augustus revolution to monarchy, with fa ade of republican government. Concealed power: auctoritas, gravitas (ability to restore peace) (because octavian had ended the civil war; he had a lot of authority at the age around 24) Message: moral rebirth, peace, reconciliation (this was preached by augustus to make the romans more moral. Distract people from truth (but augustus was still a mass murderer) But: had been empire" from some time. Process began after the first punic war (ended 241 bc) Accelerated after end of second punic war (ended 202 bc) By end of republic, the division of power. Religious renewal evaluation of patron deities e. g. apollo. Literary efforts: virgil, horace, propertus actium, victory, peace, antony as barbarian/eastern despot. Family and associates (because he didn"t do things by himself) Augustus and the army disaster in northern germany.