CLAS 150: Week Eleven

Key Terms, Dates, Individuals

First Triumvirate 60 BC        Mark Antony        Lepidus      Octavian        Second Triumvirate 43 BC

Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC        Battle of Philippi 42 BC        Battle of Actium 31 BC

Cleopatra        Agrippa        Augustus        Ara Pacis        veristic style        Prima Porta Augustus

Mausoleum of Augustus        Temple of Mars Ultor        recitatio        Catullus        Horace

Virgil        Orpheus        Eurydice        Aristaeus        bugonia        Dido        Ovid

Ars Amatoria        Aeneid        Eclogues        Georgics

Issues, Questions to Consider

• What led to the formation of the "First Triumvirate"?  What was its outcome?
• Trace the breakdown of the relationship between Pompey and Caesar.
• Outline the events that led to Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, and the outbreak of civil war, in 49 BC.
• Give a general outline of the civil war that begins in 49 BC.
• What were some of Caesar's accomplishments as dictator?
• What are some of the causes of the conspiracy against Caesar? 
• Who was Octavian?  What was his relationship with Caesar?
• What led to the formation of the "Second Triumvirate"?
• Discuss the development of the relationship between Antony and Octavian.
• What were some of the military, political, social, and religious aspects of the "Augustan settlement"?
• What is the Ara Pacis?   When was it built?   How does its decoration illustrate some of the defining characteristics of Augustan values?
• What are some of the political and social "messages" of the Mausoleum of Augustus?  Temple of Mars Ultor?
• What are some of the main stylistic features of Augustan art and architecture?   How does it compare with the art and architecture of Classical Athens?
• How were literary works disseminated in Roman culture? 
• What forces controlled the production and dissemination of literature in Roman culture?
• What are some of the different attitudes Romans had towards reading?  Writing?
• How did Romans deal with the literary traditions of the Greek world?  What sorts of strategies did they adopt?
• How does the poetry of Catullus embody the principles of Alexandrian poetics?
• What literary works did Virgil compose?  What genres?
• Discuss Virgil's literary relationship with Homer.   What sorts of problems did he face?   How did he transform Greek heroic epic?
• How does Ovid's Ars Amatoria fit into the traditions of Roman didactic poetry?