Augustus Caesar Essay

traits mentioned before by not possessing as little as one of the aforementioned traits they earn their place among the most notorious leaders of all time. The leaders I will discuss, in chronological order are Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Augustus, Nero, Caligula, and Chinggis Khan. The size of their empire and their military success will not be the only factors considered in their judgment. Instead they will all be subject to identical concepts to determine…

The second piece, Augustus of Primaporta was discovered in1863 at the villa of Augustus’ wife Livia Drusilla, and close to a late Imperial gate called Prima Porta . The artist is unknown. It is a freestanding marble sculpture in Imperial Roman style, circa 15AD, measuring 2.03 meters in height. The diptych of Justinian depicts him as the triumphant emperor, possibly after concluding a peace treaty with the Persians in 532. Justinian the Great, as he was also known,…

of Augustus in relation to nature of Roman Imperial art. Firstly, it is important to state that Augustus was the emperor that waged the most effective artistic campaigns compared to other emperors such as Vespasian as well as Constantine. In his artistic campaign, Augustus used the opportunity to spread the message of marriage and child bearing. Augustus's message was to promote…

Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla gave birth to a son named Tiberius Julius Caesar in 42 BC and this is when the story begins. Tiberius was born from an aristocratic father and when Tiberius was little they were forced to flee from Rome because of his father’s republican beliefs and because he had opposed against Octavian in the civil wars. Two years after this happened his mother and father divorced and soon later remarried to Augustus his father’s enemy. Tiberius was very indifferent from…

When Augustus was ruler he was viewed as a savior and protector of Rome who was focused on traditional ways of Rome and Roman values. That’s why many of Augustus sculptures the artist wanted to depict him as a ruler that was sent from the heavens, a godly man sent to restore Rome to its natural beauty and glory. His well-known knowledge of social, moral reforms and political understanding were all used to conduct a more stable and secure, and most importantly success to the Roman world which had…

In what ways did the Julio-Claudians use traditional and foreign religion as a political tool? In this essay I will investigate the ways in which the Julio-Claudian dynasty used traditional Roman religion alongside foreign cults as political tools to legitimise their imperial role by emphasising divine heritage and by providing religious cohesion by conflating traditional Roman religion with aspects of foreign cults. I will use both ancient authors and modern scholarship to analyse the ways in…

Brutus was born on 85 BCE and had died in 42 BCE. Marcus was a great leader back in Rome. He was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus. Marcus Brutus real name was Quintus Caepio Brutus. He was a very interesting man. Marcus had got appointed after Julius Caesar assassination. Then after Rome had split, Marcus was the man to be in charge of the eastern part of Rome. Marcus then had made himself richer than he already was with Rome's money. Marcus has had an interesting adventurous life. Early life…

Furthermore, it was widely known that Caesar had originally intended to build this temple during his rule. Augustus’s completion of the Temple of Mars Ultor was a strategic political statement to affirm himself as Caesar’s heir and finishing this temple showed he was finishing Caesar’s work…

emperor holds sufficient authority to control politics, military, religions and so forth. And a variety of rules built the direct centralized authority to concentrate the power, such as the Qin Dynasty and the Umayyad Empire. As for the Roman Empire, Augustus used a lot of indirect methods to satisfy people’s needs and his power at the same time. The main difference between them is that Augusts hid his desire of absolute power under the outward republicanism. People may not find out the truth…

The assassination of Caesar on Ides of March of 44 BC, marked the beginning of sweeping changes that will push Roman state into the civil war out of which Octavian will emerge as the sole ruler of Rome, dissolving in that manner half a millennia long period of Republic. The next five centuries Rome will flourish, struggle, change and eventually, under the heavy pressure from incursions of Germanic and other peoples that came in waves from the steppes of today's Russia and Asia, collapse leaving…