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The Principate
Defeat of Mark Antony: Battle of
Actium, 31 B.C.E.
Augustus’ coup (27 B.C.E.)
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princeps, principate
augustus
pax Romana
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.?
The Empire
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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?
Map of the Empire, 180
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?
Cumean Sybil (Michelangelo)