Building Programme

Question 1

Building

Answer 1

Suetonius, records quote that he (found a Rome built of Bricks) but (left it clothed in marble)

Res Gestae, lists extensive amount of projects undertaken by Augustus during this period
Built the Curia
the temple of the deified Julius
The temple of the youth
the theatre of Pompey … I rebuilt without any inscription of my own

Question 2

Aqueducts

Answer 2

Strabo highlights an increased focus on the rebuilding of aqueducts
‘while so plentiful is the supply of water from aqueducts’

something that even Agrippa undertook
Pliny: ‘Agrippa in his aedileship joined the Marcian with the Virgin Aqueduct’