CLST 2102 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Before his adoption, how was Octavian related to Julius Caesar? - ✔✔Adopted by granduncle
[on mother's side] Julius Caesar in his will, 44 B.C.
•Gaius Octavius Thurinus becomes C. Julius Caesar Octavianus(Octavian)
What is the Res Gestae? - ✔✔It was a funerary inscription written by Augustus, posted
outside the mausoleum, revised many times over his lifetime.
What was the senate's plan for Octavian when he first appeared on the political scene? - ✔✔
What practice of Sulla did the triumvirs revive to address problems of finance and control? -
✔✔Proscriptions; killing political enemies for money.
In which battle were Caesar's assassins finally defeated, in which year was it fought, and who
were the leaders of the assassins' forces? - ✔✔
What problems did Octavian face in Italy? - ✔✔Antony driven off but both consuls killed;
Octavian takes control of their troops in addition to his own!
•Eight legions, then eleven when three more go over to him at Rome.
•Senate refuses promised rewards.
He marches on Rome to become consul.
, Rivals Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus make a deal
What reputation did Octavian develop in dealing with his enemies during his early years? -
✔✔He was aggressive and merciless
How did Antony lose favor in Rome during the 30s? - ✔✔Gives away Roman territory to
Cleopatra; mistreats Octavia (his wife and Octavian's sister) who was a "perfect" Roman woman
How did Octavian gain favor? - ✔✔Finished buildings begun by father: pietas and public
works!
Married Livia of the Claudian gens in January of 38 to shore up aristocratic support.
•His own equestrian background appeals to the equestrian constituency.
•Carried out public works projects to improve the city and provide jobs!
•Restored temples and cults while promoting old-time values.
•Octavian identifies his cause with that of Rome and Italy!
What mythological identifications were made by Antony and Octavian? - ✔✔Octavian
identifies himself with masculine, rational Apollo Light, harmony, reason, control—very
WESTERN
Antony: Dionysus [Bacchus]; Hercules. Both related to intoxication, and freedom
CORRECT ANSWERS
Before his adoption, how was Octavian related to Julius Caesar? - ✔✔Adopted by granduncle
[on mother's side] Julius Caesar in his will, 44 B.C.
•Gaius Octavius Thurinus becomes C. Julius Caesar Octavianus(Octavian)
What is the Res Gestae? - ✔✔It was a funerary inscription written by Augustus, posted
outside the mausoleum, revised many times over his lifetime.
What was the senate's plan for Octavian when he first appeared on the political scene? - ✔✔
What practice of Sulla did the triumvirs revive to address problems of finance and control? -
✔✔Proscriptions; killing political enemies for money.
In which battle were Caesar's assassins finally defeated, in which year was it fought, and who
were the leaders of the assassins' forces? - ✔✔
What problems did Octavian face in Italy? - ✔✔Antony driven off but both consuls killed;
Octavian takes control of their troops in addition to his own!
•Eight legions, then eleven when three more go over to him at Rome.
•Senate refuses promised rewards.
He marches on Rome to become consul.
, Rivals Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus make a deal
What reputation did Octavian develop in dealing with his enemies during his early years? -
✔✔He was aggressive and merciless
How did Antony lose favor in Rome during the 30s? - ✔✔Gives away Roman territory to
Cleopatra; mistreats Octavia (his wife and Octavian's sister) who was a "perfect" Roman woman
How did Octavian gain favor? - ✔✔Finished buildings begun by father: pietas and public
works!
Married Livia of the Claudian gens in January of 38 to shore up aristocratic support.
•His own equestrian background appeals to the equestrian constituency.
•Carried out public works projects to improve the city and provide jobs!
•Restored temples and cults while promoting old-time values.
•Octavian identifies his cause with that of Rome and Italy!
What mythological identifications were made by Antony and Octavian? - ✔✔Octavian
identifies himself with masculine, rational Apollo Light, harmony, reason, control—very
WESTERN
Antony: Dionysus [Bacchus]; Hercules. Both related to intoxication, and freedom
