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The Principate

The Principate. Defeat of Mark Antony: Battle of Actium, 31 B.C.E. Augustus’ coup (27 B.C.E.). princeps , principate augustus pax Romana imperator / Emperor What titles and powers did the Roman Senate grant Octavian?

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The Principate

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  1. The Principate

  2. Defeat of Mark Antony: Battle of Actium, 31 B.C.E.

  3. Augustus’ coup (27 B.C.E.) • princeps, principate • augustus • paxRomana • imperator/ Emperor • What titles and powers did the Roman Senate grant Octavian? • To what extent did the Republic still function as such after 27 B.C.E.?

  4. The Empire • Tiberius • Nero • "five good emperors" • consilium • honestiores/humiliores • curiales • Tacitus • What implications did the principate have for the Roman provinces? • How did the extent and meaning of citizenship change over time?

  5. Map of the Empire, 180

  6. Virgil’s Aeneid • Compare the selection from Book IV of Vergil's Aeneid with Homer's epic, the Iliad. In particular, how are the heroic men represented in each case, and how do gods intervene in their lives? • Is Queen Dido a sympathetic figure? What role does this episode play in an epic celebrating the founding of Rome? How might her story have sounded to a Roman audience?

  7. Cumean Sybil (Michelangelo)

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