Life After Caesar The Age of Augustus the

Life After Caesar: The Age of Augustus (the leader formerly known as Octavian) Life v 44 BCE – Julius Caesar assassinated v 43 BCE – Second triumvirate formed (Octavian, Lepidus, Marc Antony); Pompey’s son also given some responsibility v 43 -30 BCE – power struggle/civil war; eventually all but Octavian are dead or exiled v 30 BCE – civil war ends and Octavian begins to rule

Life After Caesar: The Age of Augustus v 27 BCE – Octavian formally returns control of (the leader formerly known as Octavian) the Senate to the Republic and the Roman v people 27 BCE – Octavian formally returns control of the Senate to thethrilled Republicthat and the v Senate is so they. Roman gave people him the v semi-divine Senate is so thrilled that they gave him the seminame “Augustus” divine name “Augustus” v Augustus also redistributed the provinces but kep the largest land for his the largest chunk of landof and Egypt for. Egypt his own rule v BCE––gavehimself more power v 23 23 –– 12 BCE more power (tried to bridge thethe rights of ordinary Romans and theand to bridge rights of ordinary Romans aristocratic, senatorial control of the late the aristocratic, senatorial of the late Republic

v Made use of the Roman religious gods and Life After Caesar: The Age of Augustus beliefs create a semi-divine image of himself (the to leader formerly known as Octavian) v Referred to himself as “Princeps” – first among equalshard togods avoid v. Made use ofand the worked Roman religious andtensions beliefs to amongst the Romans create a semi-divine image of himself vv Referred to 82 himself as “Princeps” – firstmany amongnew equals. Rebuilt temples and created andpublic worked hard to avoid tensions amongts the facilities Romans v Arts flourished- wall paintings, mosaics, v. Rebuilt 82 temples and created many new public sculptures, beautiful buildings, etc. facilities v Literature was a key part of the arts and much v. Arts flourished- wall paintings, mosaics, sculptures, was written under beautiful buildings, etc. Augustus (ex. Legends writtenwas as poems byofthe Virgil told of v. Literature a key part thepoet arts and much was written under Augustus Rome’s heroic past)(ex. Legends written as poems

Life After Caesar: The Age of Augustus v altered Roman civil service to make (the leader formerly known as Octavian) v Re-structu serving Rome more attractive (including army) Roman civil service to make vthe Re-structured v serving Created. Rome a permanent police(including force and more attractive thea squad of paid firefighters army) Created a permanent police force and a vv 14 CE – Augustus died of paid v squad His long reignfirefighters had given Romans much vneeded 14 CE – Augustus died peace and stability…and it’s first v. His long reign had given Romans much Emperor needed peace and stability…and it’s first v Emperor His immediate successor was Tiberius v. His immediate successor was Tiberius