Augustus and the Succession

Augustus' first wife

Claudia

Augustus' second wife

Scribonia

Augustus' third wife

Livia

Augustus' daughter

Julia

Augustus' daughters first husband

Marcellus

Augustus' daughters second husband

Agrippa

Augustus' daughters third husband

Tiberius

Augustus' grandchildren

Gaius and Lucius

Augustus' wife's children by her first husband

Tiberius

Drusus

What happened to aug in 2BC and 8AD

assassination attempts

Why did he have problems passing on his position?x2

1) rome was a republic - not hereditary

2)aug was not a king + couldn't pass power on

why was it necessary to have a clear successor ?

last time there had been a power vacuum in war, it had resulted in civil war

who did he use to gain a successor?

his family - to increase their power + prestige

what year were Gaius and Lucius adopted?

17BC

How did people in the family know they were being prepared for power?

he adopted them + managed their image

when was gaius presented at the trojan games?

13BC

how did aug manage public image of Gaius and Lucius?

Minted coins with his head + their heads on it

Coin of Gaius and Lucius

Obverse side:

1) Head

2) Military Image

3)religous image

4)Political image

1)Aug

2)he wears the civic crown

3)Title divi filus

4)called pater patraie

Coin of Gaius and Lucius

Reverse side:

1) Head

2) Military Image

3)religous image

4)Political image

1)Gaius and Lucius

2)honorary spears and shields given by roman nobles

3)religious symbols are seen

4)they are consuls designate, and first among the young

one way the coin mirrors an earlier image of Augs propaganda

They are using him to support their image, the way he used Julius Caesar

what stopped augs plans for Gaius and Lucius being his successors

Death - die 2Ad and 4AD

who became the next successors? what happened to them?x2

1)Agrippa Posthumous was exiled in 6AD

2)Tiberius became the next heir

How was Tiberius prepared for succession?x3

1)sent on campaign to Parthia(returned the parthian standards)

2)sent on campaign to germany

3)Commanded troops in the alps

'Drusus and the claudians'

1) who was drusus

2) why is he compared to Ganymede

3)why is drusus compared to a wolf

1) son of livia

2) ganymede was chosen by Jupiter - drusus has been chosen by the gods

3)wolf was the symbol of rome

'Drusus and the claudians'

why is he compared to a lion cub who kills a deer?x3

1) he was son of livia

2) lions are ferocious

3) the deer was a symbol of carthage - his ancestor destroyed carthage

'Drusus and the claudians'

what tribe did drusus defeat? how are they depicted?x2

-the Vindelici tribe

-they use amazonian axes

'Drusus and the claudians'

1)How is aug depicted in the poem?

2)Who was Nero?

1)proud step father

2)defeated the brother of Hannibal

'Drusus and the claudians'

most of the poem is in the voice of Hannibal - what does he say the romans will do?x3

1)roman youth will prey upon the enemy

2)their offspring will always defeat mythical monsters

3)the enemy will be defeated by romans

'Drusus and the claudians'

at the end of the poem, what do we expect from Drusus?x3

1)nothing the claudian power can't achieve

2)claudians are protected by gods

3)he will destroy the enemy