Octavian Augustus Caesar

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Octavian Augustus Caesar

• I found Rome in brick, and I left it in marble
  -Augustus

Andrew S. January 11, 2002 I, Caesar Mr. Burnett,
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Themes of Augustuss Reign

• Establish peace
• Restore social order
• Return to Roman Virtues
• Restore traditional religion
• Renew the Empire

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Established Order In Roman Society

• The two ordines (Senatorial and Equestrian
  Orders)
• Roman citizens of Rome, Italy and provinces
• The Latins
• Junian Latins
• Foreigners (Peregrine)
• The dediticii (free men)
• Slaves

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Senate Order
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The Roman Empire At The Time of Augustus
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Building Projects Under Augustus

• First Imperial Forum (Forum of Augustus)
• Great Temples
• Pantheon
• Temple of Mars Ultor
• Temple of Apollo
• Public libraries and baths
• Theater of Marcellus
• Mausoleum of Augustus

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Mausoleum of Augustus
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Mausoleum Of Augustus cont.
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Coin Front
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Coin Back
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Bibliography

• Adkins, Lesley and Roy Adkins. Handbook to Life
  in Ancient Rome. New York Oxford University
  Press, 1994. I think this book is a good
  resource for my project and would be good for
  others because it provides great information on
  the social classes, the different orders and the
  Emperors role Rome and specifically on some
  emperors. I believe that the authors are
  qualified to provide information on these
  topics because they are both professional
  archaeologists and have written numerous books on
  the topics of Roman life.
• Augustus Images of Power. Mark Morford.
  University of Virginia. 6 Nov. 2001lthttp//etext.l
  ib.virginia.edu/users/morford/augimage.htmlgt.
• This website was a great research website for
  pictures of statues and images relating to
  Augustus and information about the pictures and
  sculptures of him and I would recommend it to
  anyone researching Augustus and needs pictures. I
  believe the author is qualified to give this
  information because he a classics professor at
  the University of Virginia and it was easy to
  understand.
• Haywood, John. The Romans. New York Oxford
  University Press, 1994.
• This book was very simplistic and was meant for
  younger people but I would recommend it to my
  classmates because the information is easy to
  understand. I believe that the author is
  qualified to provide information for any report
  concerning the Romans because the information
  seems to be consistent with the other information
  that I have seen on this topic.
• Le Glay, Marcel, Jean-Louis Voisin, and Yann le
  Bohec. A History of Rome. Malden
• Blackwell Publishers, 1996. I think this book is
  a good resource for the project because it gives
  a through history of Rome (hence the title) even
  though this book was tough to read I would still
  recommend it to the class. I believe the author
  is qualified to provide information because the
  whole list of authors are all professors of this
  topic in great universities.
• Nelson, Eric. The Complete Idiots Guide to the
  Roman Empire. Indianapolis Pearson Education
  Company, 2002. I think that this book is a great
  resource for anyones project because the
  information is easy to comprehend and tells a lot
  of stories about the Emperors in intriguing ways.
  The author is definitely qualified to provide the
  information because he is consistent with the
  other books and websites I have seen on the same
  topic.
• Ottilia Beurger Collection of Ancient and
  Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University, The.
• Carol L. Lawton, Curator 1996. Lawrence
  University. 6 Nov. 2001 lthttp//www.lawrence.edu/d
  ept/art/buerger/catalogue/062.htmlgt.
• This site was reach through the Google search
  engine and was very useful for this specific
  coin. The author is qualified to provide this
  information because she is the curator of the
  coin collection at Lawrence University.