CLA Quiz Late Augustus

Age of Augustus (time, overview, etc)

31 BCE - 14 CE

Gaius Octavius —> Octavian after Caesar killed, adopts him in will

Name, date, location, description

Prima Porta Augustus

14 CE (20 BCE original)

villa of Livia at Prima Porta, Rome

Octavian —> Augustus Caesar, Cupid at side (guided by gods), returned Parthian standards

Name, date, location, description

Augustus as Pontifex Maximus

12 BCE

Via Labicara, Rome

Return to Archaic/Classical 1:7 ratio

Similar portraiture to Caesar

Name, date, location, description

Plan of Forum Julium

45 BCE
Rome

Temple of Julius Caesar, brick and marble

Name, date, location, description

Plan of Forum of Augustus

Late 1st century BCE

Rome

Built from spoils of war, close to Julium

Name, date, location, description

Mausoleum of Augustus

Late 1st century BCE
Rome
connected with Pantheon, represents tumulus

Name, date, location, description

Ara Pacis Augustae

9 CE
Rome

Altar; NOT native tradition, ≈ eastern Mediterranean Hellenistic, filled with propaganda

Rediscovered between 1500s and 1900s, excavated in 1900s

Lost arches of Augustus

Actian (post-battle) and Parthian (return Parthian standards) arches erected in honor of Augustus

Verism

hyperrealistic facial detailing (e.g. Augustus/Caesar portraiture)

exedra

semicircular or rectangular architectural recess
Used in Forum of Augustus to represent dual ancestry