Augustus Gloop

SUMMARY Adrian Goldsworthy’s book, Augustus First Emperor of Rome is an extensive biography examining the life and political dominance of Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus. Goldsworthy states that he wrote this biography in an attempt to give a more detailed and accurate account of the life of Caesar Augustus. He believed that Caesar Augustus’ life was separated into three distinct time periods based on his given name at the time. “Thus, we have a man with three very distinct names at…

Palace is a royal residence, where generally king, queen, or higher rank officers live. The word palace comes from the latin word Palātium which means the Palatine Hill of Rome. The Palatine Hill later become dominated by the massive palace complex of the Roman emperors. This is the hill where the Roman Empire began. Nero’s palace: Nero’s palace is popularly known as the Golden House of Nero. In latin it is known as Domus Aurea. The palace was built by one of the infamous roman emperor “Nero”.…

Aurelius. Within Ancient Rome, there was no such title as “emperor”. Instead, they had various amount of titles for emperors; such as imperator(commander), augustus(venerable), princeps(1st senator), and caesar. The first emperor was Trajan, he reigned from 98-117 A.D. He was said to be the greatest and most successful emperor after Augustus. Trajan was the first ever-roman emperor that was not from Italy because of his Spanish regions. He accomplished a lot during his reign, roads were…

Just think, to travel back in time and see another place is one thing that most wouldn’t refuse. Especially one that is full of wonder and more advanced than most in that age. I find Ancient Rome to be among the top choices of where to go. Essentially, “Rome was the superpower of the ancient world” (Roman Life). They had everything. Running water? Try an aqueduct (Roman Life). Indoor plumbing? No problem with the sewage system they had (Roman Life). Don’t want to cook? No need, most people got…

According to him a good leader is not only distinguished through his military victories but also through his governing, personality and character. Suetonius seems to favour the leadership of Augustus above the leadership of the other Caesars. In his writing on Augustus he prefers to stay somewhat neutral and form a conclusion on his leadership as he analyses the emperor’s life. In extreme contrast to this stand his depiction of Caligula and Nero. In his accounts of them he strongly…

When Octavian began his political career, he was eighteen with absolutely no experience; however, by 27 B.C.E., Octavian had fledged a full “Restoration of the Republic”. The Senate even honorably changed Octavian’s name to Augustus, meaning “the illustrious one”. Augustus ruled differently than everyone before him by manipulating the political system and disguising the monarchy, thus restoring the republic. “Augustus’s system retained traditional institutions for sharing power - the Senate, the…

I believe that the two main figures in Livy’s History of Rome Book 21 and Suetonius’ Julius Caesar is Julius Caesar and Hannibal. The two men are very similar in that they both are very ambitious and don’t let anything stand in their way. The Life of Julius Caesar tells the story of Julius Caesar’s life in Rome and how he became a dictator. Livy’s History of Rome Book 21 is about the Second Punic War and Hannibal’s campaign. In The Life of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar was forced to go into…

The primary goal of the republican politician is to be elected and then reelected. This is necessary for the politician to even exist and must therefore be considered before any other issue. A common result of this is that elected officials will dishonestly try to appeal to the common man to garner votes. History is rife with examples of this. Many contemporary dictators, such as Hugo Chavez and Robert Mugabe, started by being publicly elected. They were able to manipulate the public into…

if they did not exist their part in history could simply not be filled by anybody else (or at least by a very few amount of people). There are countless examples of these people, the Celtic Queen Boudicca, Napoléon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Adolf Hitler, and Alexander the Great, to name a few. For the purposes of this essay I will focus on two individuals, Julius Caesar and Charlemagne. Julius Caesar was both a great military leader as well as a charismatic politician and was…

A long time ago in Rome, they had tribunes. They were called Roman Tribunes, to be exact. Roman Tribunes were very common and important back in those times. Roman Tribunes also play a big part in the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar. Roman Tribunes were basically like the military people of Rome back in the old Roman days. If fact it was around the year 490 BCE. So sit back and enjoy the ride as we find out what Roman Tribunes are and how they apply to the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar.…