Summary Imperial Image OCR Whole Topic Notes

Imperial Image​
Topic/source Revision




Key Themes
Augustus

Divi Filius

Imperator

Pater Patriae

Culture Hero




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,Visual Sources:

Name (13 total) Site/Building/Material source? Date

Octavian and Julius Caesar Material - Aureus 43 BCE

Octavian and Pax Material - Denarius 32 BCE-29 BCE

Head of Livia Material 31 BCE

Relief on the Kalabsha Gate Material 30 BCE

Octavian on Bench Material - Aureus 28 BCE

Mausoleum of Augustus Site 23 BCE - 27 BCE

Forum of Augustus Site 20 BCE - 2 CE

Augustus of Prima Porta Site 20 BCE - 29 BCE

Augustus and Eight-Rayed Comet Material - Denarius 19 BCE

Augustus and Sacrificial Implements Material - Denarius 13 BCE

Ara Pacis Building 9 BCE

Augustus, Gaius and Lucius Material - Aureus 2 BCE - 4 CE

Sebasteion at Aphrodisias Building/Temple 20 CE - 60 CE




THEME DEFINITION

Augustus Augustus the religious leader

Divi Filius Augustus’ link to Julius Caesar and Divine Julius

Imperator Strong, capable military commander

Pater Patriae Augustus is the father figure, giving him the authority to direct their moral behaviour

Culture Hero Augustus was responsible for bringing about the golden age




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,Literary Sources:

Name of Poet Style of poem Name of poem (14 total) Year written

Horace Epodes A Toast to Actium 30 BCE

Odes Cleopatra 23 BCE

Moral Decadance 23 BCE

Augustus Returns 23 BCE

Drusus and Claudians 13 BCE

To Augustus 13 BCE

Hymn Carmen Saeculare 17 BCE

Ovid Poem Metamorphoses 8 CE

Propertius Elegies War and Peace 20 BCE

Woman’s Power 23 BCE

Chaste and Faithful Galla 20 BCE

The Temple of Palatine Apollo 16 BCE

Augustus Autobiography Res Gestae 13/14 CE

Suetonius Biography The Lives of the Twelve 2nd Century CE
Caesars


In summation:
1.​ Octavian and Julius Caesar – Material (Denarius) – 43 BCE
2.​ Head of Livia – Material – 31 BCE
3.​ Octavian and Pax – Material (Denarius) – 32–29 BCE
4.​ A Toast to Actium – Horace, Epodes – 30 BCE
5.​ Relief on the Kalabsha Gate – Material – 30 BCE
6.​ Cleopatra – Horace, Odes – 23 BCE
7.​ Woman’s Power - Propertius, Elegies - 23BCE
8.​ Moral Decadence – Horace, Odes – 23 BCE
9.​ Augustus Returns – Horace, Odes – 23 BCE
10.​ Mausoleum of Augustus – Site – 23–27 BCE
11.​ Chaste and Faithful Galla – Propertius, Elegies – 20 BCE
12.​ Forum of Augustus – Site – 20 BCE–2 CE
13.​ Augustus of Prima Porta – Site – 20–29 BCE
14.​ War and Peace – Propertius, Elegies – 20 BCE
15.​ Augustus and Eight-Rayed Comet – Material (Denarius) – 19 BCE
16.​ Drusus and Claudians – Horace, Odes – 13 BCE
17.​ To Augustus – Horace, Odes – 13 BCE
18.​ Augustus and Sacrificial Implements – Material (Denarius) – 13 BCE
19.​ The Temple of Palatine Apollo – Propertius, Elegies – 16 BCE
20.​ Carmen Saeculare – Horace, Hymn – 17 BCE
21.​ Ara Pacis – Building – 9 BCE
22.​ Augustus, Gaius and Lucius – Material (Aureus) – 2 BCE–4 CE
23.​ Sebasteion at Aphrodisias – Building/Temple – 20–60 CE
24.​ Metamorphoses – Ovid, Poem – 8 CE
25.​ Res Gestae – Augustus, Autobiography – 13/14 CE
26.​ The Lives of the Twelve Caesars – Suetonius, Biography – 2nd Century CE




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, Name Lived? Background Sources written

Horace 65 BCE - 8 BCE ☆ Was the son of a freed slave A Toast to Actium –
Epodes – 30 BCE
☆ Educated in rome
Cleopatra –
☆ Maecenas (close friend of Odes – 23 BCE
Octavian) was his patron Moral Decadence –
☆ Served in Battle of Phillipi Odes – 23 BCE
Augustus Returns –
Odes – 23 BCE
Drusus and Claudians –
Odes – 13 BCE
To Augustus –
Odes – 13 BCE
Carmen Saeculare –
Hymn – 17 BCE

Ovid 43 BCE - 18/17 BCE ☆ Most famous work was his epic Metamorphoses – Ovid,
Poem – 8 CE
poem
☆ Pursued poetry rather than law
or politics
☆ Exiled by Augustus in 8BCE

Propertius 50 BCE - 15 BCE ☆ Likely from Umbria in Italy Woman’s Power - Elegies -
23BCE
☆ Reasonably wealthy family and
Chaste and Faithful Galla
was well-educated Elegies – 20 BCE
☆ Mainly wrote elegies War and Peace – Elegies –
☆ Maecenas was his patron 20 BCE
The Temple of Palatine
Apollo – Elegies – 16 BCE

Suetonius 69 AD - 122 AD ☆ Roman historian The Lives of the Twelve
Caesars – Biography – 2nd
☆ Secretary of Hadrian
Century CE
☆ Had access to documents,
letters and other biographies that
we don’t




Jenkyns The poets were useless as poems were published long after actual
events - public perception would have been firmly established
beforehand




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