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Augustan Visual Program and Imperial Propaganda (27 BCE–14 CE)

Augustan Visual Program and Imperial Propaganda (27 BCE–14 CE)

  1. Construction begins on Augustus’s Mausoleum

    Labels: Augustus Mausoleum, Campus Martius

  2. Agrippa builds the first Pantheon

    Labels: Marcus Agrippa, Pantheon original

  3. Octavian receives the title “Augustus”

    Labels: Octavian, Senate

  4. The “Second Settlement” formalizes Augustus’s powers

    Labels: Second Settlement, Tribunician Power

  5. Virgil completes the Aeneid’s Augustan-era epic

    Labels: Virgil, The Aeneid

  6. Horace’s Carmen Saeculare performed at Secular Games

    Labels: Horace, Secular Games

  7. Senate decrees the Ara Pacis after Augustus’s return

    Labels: Ara Pacis, Roman Senate

  8. Via Labicana statue type shows Augustus as chief priest

    Labels: Via Labicana, Imperial portrait

  9. Augustus becomes Pontifex Maximus

    Labels: Pontifex Maximus, Augustus

  10. Ara Pacis dedicated as a monument to peace

    Labels: Ara Pacis, Altar of

  11. Forum of Augustus and Temple of Mars Ultor inaugurated

    Labels: Forum of, Temple of

  12. Augustus receives the title pater patriae

    Labels: Pater Patriae, Augustus

  13. Res Gestae prepared for public inscription

    Labels: Res Gestae, Ancyra inscription

  14. Death of Augustus and Senate decrees his deification

    Labels: Death of, Deification