'Britain was long forgotten, even in peace. The Deified Augustus called that 'prudence', Tiberius made it on 'injunction'.'
Tacitus, Agricola: shows that after the loss of 3 legions in Germany Aug did not want to expand anymore of the empire
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'Talented authors were not lacking to describe the times of Augustus, until they were deterred by the growth of flattery'
Tacitus Annals: shows why their is so much positive things about Aug in the lit at the time
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'Augustus, who, under the name of princeps, took the whole state, exhausted by civil discords, into his rule'
Tacitus, Annals: shows Aug did not restore the republic
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'I found Rome clothed in bricks; I leave her clothed in marble'
Suetonius DA 28: he literally did that but also made Rome better and more powerful
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'He [Augustus] would often beat his head on a door, shouting: 'Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!' '
Seutonius DA 27: shows he reaction to the problem in Germany
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'Panem et circenses'
Juvenal, Satire X: means bread and circuses and is joking about that the people gave Rome to one man because of this
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'The 'actd' which Augustus issued to be released following his death said that 'they [Rome peop] should be satisfied with the possessions they now held, and should in no way seek to enlarge the empire beyond its present limits' '
Dio 56.33: shows Aug did not want Toby to look better than him by taking over more places or he thought of this as a warning
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'his [Toby] conquest was so complete that he reduced the country almost to the state of a tributary province'
Velleius 97.4: shows Tiberius' greatness in expanding the empire
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'Caesar returned to Italy to be greeted by huge crowds and universal acclaim from young and old, rich and poor alike'
Velleius 89.1: shows Aug was universally popular
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'I built the senate-house...the temple of Apollo on the Palatine with its porticoes; the temple of the Deified Julius'
Res Gestae 19: shows all the buildings Aug built
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Tacitus Annals: shows why their is so much positive things about Aug in the lit at the time
Back
'Talented authors were not lacking to describe the times of Augustus, until they were deterred by the growth of flattery'
Card 3
Front
Tacitus, Annals: shows Aug did not restore the republic
Back
Card 4
Front
Suetonius DA 28: he literally did that but also made Rome better and more powerful
Back
Card 5
Front
Seutonius DA 27: shows he reaction to the problem in Germany
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