Scholarly quotes

Question 1

Who are the scholars that look at Augustus

Answer 1

• Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (3)
• Jones (6)
• Galinsky (5)
• Zanker (2)
• Cooley (1)
• Brunt & Moore (1)

Question 2

Who said “the fascination with Augustus still has to fade”

Answer 2

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Question 3

Who said “most of the historians were nobles”

Answer 3

Jones

Question 4

Who said “Their [the poets’] status as ‘classics’ was established already in antiquity”

Answer 4

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Question 5

who said:
“Augustus’ transformation of Rome was a slow and gradual process”

Answer 5

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Question 6

Who said “the historian Edward Gibbon ‘sketched Augustus as a “crafty tyrant’”

Answer 6

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Question 7

Who said “Augustus was unable to persuade some of the adjacent landowners to sell and refused to use any compulsory powers”

Answer 7

Jones

Question 8

Who said “the revival of the old religion is represented in the colleges of priests, the restored senate dominates on the wall”

Answer 8

Jones

Question 9

Who said “he is indeed an enigmatic figure”

Answer 9

Jones

Question 10

Who said “as a young man he was ruthless and unscrupulous”

Answer 10

Jones

Question 11

Who said - Augustan art as “complex, nuanced, and multi referential”

Answer 11

Galinsky

Question 12

who said “The relationship with Apollo would prove to be ideally suited to Octavian himself and to furthering his political image. All these goals and objectives, both during the struggle with Antony and then later in the building of a new order, could be associated with the god. Apollo stood first of all for discipline and morality…Apollo also stood for purification and for punishment of any form of excess. ……after the victory was won, then Apollo took on his role as singer, lyre player, and god of peace and reconciliation. As the prophetic god, with sibyl and sphinx, it was he who proclaimed the long-awaited new age”

Answer 12

Zanker

Question 13

Who said “By building such a massive tomb for himself at Rome, the young Caesar was eager to highlight the contrast between himself and Antony. Whereas he was demonstrating his commitment to the city, Antony’s will (which Octavian illegally seized and made public) revealed that he wished to be buried at Alexandria with Cleopatra.”

Answer 13

Cooley

Question 14

Who said “By appeal to the old, Augustus justified the new”

Answer 14

Galinsky

Question 15

Who said - “most of the populace in Rome, let alone the provinces, was not fixated on constitutional niceties”

Answer 15

Galinsky

Question 16

who said The Augustan period was not only “one of the most creative and crucial for Rome….it produced a culture that was remarkable for its creativity and transcended its times”

Answer 16

Galinsky

Question 17

What were Andrew Wallace-Hadrill’s contributions about Augustan Rome

Answer 17

• “the fascination with Augustus still has to fade”
• “Their [the poets’] status as ‘classics’ was established already in antiquity”
• ”, the historian Edward Gibbon ‘sketched Augustus as a “crafty tyrant’”
• “Augustus’ transformation of Rome was a slow and gradual process”

Question 18

What were Jones’ contributions on Augustus

Answer 18

• “most of the historians were nobles”
• “Augustus was unable to persuade some of the adjacent landowners to sell and refused to use any compulsory powers”
• “the revival of the old religion is represented in the colleges of priests”
• “he is indeed an enigmatic figure”
• “as a young man he was ruthless and unscrupulous”
• “Augustus regarded his patronage of literature a tedious duty”

Question 19

What were Galinsky’s contributions on Augustan culture

Answer 19

• The Augustan period was not only “one of the most creative and crucial for Rome….it produced a culture that was remarkable for its creativity and transcended its times”
• Augustan art as “complex, nuanced, and multi referential”
• “most of the populace in Rome, let alone the provinces, was not fixated on constitutional niceties”
• “By appeal to the old, Augustus justified the new”
• the golden age didn’t happen passively it was brought about by Augustus and the good morals of the Roman people.

Question 20

What were Cooley’s contributions on the Res Gestae

Answer 20

• “By building such a massive tomb for himself at Rome, the young Caesar was eager to highlight the contrast between himself and Antony. Whereas he was demonstrating his commitment to the city, Antony’s will (which Octavian illegally seized and made public) revealed that he wished to be buried at Alexandria with Cleopatra.”

Question 21

What were Zanker’s contributions on the power of images in the age of Augustus

Answer 21

• “The relationship with Apollo would prove to be ideally suited to Octavian himself and to furthering his political image. All these goals and objectives, both during the struggle with Antony and then later in the building of a new order, could be associated with the god. Apollo stood first of all for discipline and morality…Apollo also stood for purification and for punishment of any form of excess. ……after the victory was won, then Apollo took on his role as singer, lyre player, and god of peace and reconciliation. As the prophetic god, with sibyl and sphinx, it was he who proclaimed the long-awaited new age”
• Augustus mixed greek and roman styles of statuary

Question 22

Who wrote:
“These elogia would hardly contain any direct untrue claims, since there would be too many people who could disprove them. …. However the account of achievements might be highly selective”

Answer 22

Brunt & Moore

Question 23

What were Brunt & Moore’s contributions on the Re Gestae

Answer 23

“These elogia would hardly contain any direct untrue claims, since there would be too many people who could disprove them. …. However the account of achievements might be highly selective”

Question 24

What is the name of the author of the textbook - to be used instead of some scholar suggest if you are in dire need

Answer 24

Hancock-Jones