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Syllabus Notes on Rome: The Augustan Age
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Rome: The Augustan Age 44BC – AD14
1 Establishment of the Principate

Impact of the Death of Caesar
- Republic government = Senate.
- Julius assassinated seen to be becoming dictator.
- Wealth + position left to Octavian.
- Political heirs thought to be Antony (other consul) and Lepidus (master of horses/ assistant to dictator)
- Ant in charge (abolishes dictatorship) > Lep: pontifex maximus in Spain
Early Career of Octavian
- Speech @ nan’s funeral
- Education + military training from Caesar > hears of father’s death AVENGE
- Pays 75 denarii w. own $ & hosts games (comet = soul of Caesar)
- Puts army together & gets imperium to defeat Ant in Gaul > Decimus Brutus given triumph
Second Triumvirate and Civil War
- Joins Ant works & Lepidus where interests lie (triumvirate) power of dictator, against Republicans
- Senate & Cicero reject demands for consulship, Oct seizes control; prepares for war (against assasins: Brutus & Cassius)
- Proscriptions – Cicero > escapees joined Pompieus
- Battle of Phillipi: Reps defeated- triumvirs divide empire
- Treaty of Brudism: war risk> Ant marries Octavia> further division
- Treaty of Misenum: Pirate Pompieus gets 3 area after stopping corn. Archaea proconsul.
- Ant marries Cleo> end of Triumvirate
Consequences and Significance of the Battle of Actium
- Civil uproar @ Ant’s propaganda (Ant’s will)
- Blockade (w. Agrippa) Cleo & Ant escape leave fleet behind- later commit suicide
- Troops demobilized
- Egypt annexed to Rome> pays off campaigns, triumph + adorns Rome
- Oct establishes authority in East & put in prayers and liberations
- Temple of Janus closed after 200yrs: PEACE
Development of the Principate: Settlements of 27 and 23 BC
- Puts aside powers granted to him> looks like Senate is in control
- Became Princeps (1st citizen) others held title before
- 1ST SETTLEMENT: Procunsular Imperium Consul
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