ART HIS 40A Study Guide - Final Guide: Roman Dictator, Roman Citizenship
27 Jun 2016
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Prompt: consider rome as a city and think about its ambience in the city during the earlier imperial period (ca. What was it like to be an ordinary citizen living there, according to juvenal and martial (their comments are in masery"s book, see pdf). During augustus"s reign, augustus was able to end the bloody civil war in rome as well as chase and kill his enemies. His extraordinary military power helped the roman empire to grow to great heights, and this got the roman public on his side. Eventually, with the agreement of the roman public, Augustus was able to appoint himself the first roman dictator. After his death in 14 ad, other rulers came and went. When the insane ruler, nero, was finally assassinated in 68 ad, vespasian challenged two other contenders for power and won. He used funds gathered by the public to build his forum and start the construction of the colosseum.
