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6 Cards in this Set
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Virgil - AO3 |
-Famous for the Aeneid -Aeneid is sometimes seen as a piece of propaganda -The Aenied contains praise for both Octavian and Caesar -The Aenied contains praise for both Octavian and Caesar |
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Horace |
-Praised August's work -Presents Augustus as a divine figure |
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Propertius |
-Poems praise Octavian -Many think he is only praising him because it disguises his dislike for him |
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Velleius Paterculus |
-Alive at end of Augustus' rein -Supporter of both Augustus and Tiberius -Not alive at battle of Actium -Very biased in Octavian |
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Plutarch |
-Greek Biographer -No military Experience -Wrote 100 years after Actium -Interested in character/personality -Loves good story -Likes his story's to have a moral lesson |
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Suetonius |
-Roman Biographer -No military Experience -Writing 150 years after Actium -Interested in character and story -Caesar and Augustus are seemed to be favoured |
