scholarship

Question 1

beard on JC and Aug

Answer 1

JC was augs passport to power

Question 2

ramage on JC and Aug

Answer 2

Aug focused on deified JC not political tyrant

Question 3

res gestae often rose tinted

Answer 3

mary beard

Question 4

res gestae, its unlikely any of it is made up

Answer 4

brunt and moore

Question 5

only a small minority of romans were literate, things were written for the educated elite

Answer 5

jenkyns

Question 6

Augustus didnt intimidate poets to write pro-augustan poetry

Answer 6

jones

Question 7

augustus displayed immoderate cruelty after phillipi and perusia

Answer 7

cooley

Question 8

octavians power was based on predominant military power

Answer 8

scullard

Question 9

Augustus used imagery to reinforce role as imperator but with idealised presentation like prima porta

Answer 9

zanker

Question 10

after 31BC JC dissapears from coinage

Answer 10

ramage

Question 11

MA’s downfall was cleopatra

Answer 11

Huzar

Question 12

there was little trust within the triumvirate

Answer 12

Goldsworthy

Question 13

Augustus couldnt justify perusia so he neglected it from porpaganda

Answer 13

osgood

Question 14

relied on agrippa’s military strategy in sicily

Answer 14

Gabba

Question 15

mos mairorum meantr so much to romans that Aug focus on it legitmised him

Answer 15

Bondioli

Question 16

reform would win support from conservatives

Answer 16

Bradley

Question 17

restroration of religion was reaction against civil war disorder and neglected of public ritual duties

Answer 17

galinsky

Question 18

apollo was a potent political and cultural symbol

Answer 18

wallace hadrill

Question 19

apollo represented key qualities and contrasted with MA dionysus

Answer 19

Zanker

Question 20

coinage most effective mass communication tool

Answer 20

hughes