AGE OF AUGUSTUSHayley Cooke and Caitlin Kimball

Background Information adopted by Julius Ceaser gave him the opportunity to be the

leader of Rome became heir after Julius Caesar was

assassinated changed his name from Octavian to

Augustus

Age of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)

Political guy Created forty years of peace in Rome Established new governing order Empire expanded (East to the Euphrates

River, West to the Atlantic Ocean and on the South by the African desert)

Military presence throughout empire

Age of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)

Spreading of Roman language and culture throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Europe

Extended Roman citizenship to Italians restore order and justice to empire

Augustus divides provinces

Older provinces New provinces On frontiers

Senate Control Augustus

Tried ruling provinces like Rome Separated them into two classes Augustus had power over all the provinces After provinces there was prosperity and

peace

Why did Augustus divide the provinces?

Old Province: Great deal of fighting within the

provinces Barbarian invasions on the frontier towns Provinces suffered wasted land and

heavy taxes to fund Rome’s wars Rome’s way of ruling the provinces was

not efficient Augustus decided to reform how

provinces would be ruled

Age of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)

Cultural excellence Wanted to beautify Rome Rebuilt roads and temples Dedicated to beautifying Rome Great poets (Virgil, Horace, and Ovid) Greatest cultural period Golden Age of Roman literature

“I found Rome a city of wood and left her a city of marble”

Forum of Augustus Mausoleum of Augustus Theatre of Marcellus Baths of Agrippa

Poets during the Age of Augustus

Virgil Known for the

Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Aeneid

Aeneid is the national epic for Rome

Poets during the Age of Augustus

Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C)

Known for the Odes

cover different experiences in life

Poets during the Age of Augustus

Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17)

Influenced other great writers and poets

Metamorphoses

Death of Augustus Died in 14 AD Sudden illness Ruled for forty years Died at the height of Rome’s prosperity

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