21H.132S17 the Ancient World: Rome

21H.132S17 the Ancient World: Rome

Caesar Dictator This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons. 1 Caesar Dictator 49: Dictator I (to oversee elections) 47: Consul II Dictator II for a year after Pharsalus 46: Consul III Dictator III annually renewed for 10 yrs. 45: Consul IV – sole consul – resigned in Fall Dictator IV 44: Consul V Dictator in perpetuity 2 Caesar’s transformation of the Roman Forum 2nd c. BC 1st c. AD Stambaugh, John E. The Ancient Roman City. John Hopkins University Press, 1988. © John Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license. For more information, see https://ocw.mit.edu/help/faq-fair-use/. 3 Cicero, Letter to Atticus 4.16.8 We ‘friends of Caesar’… have spent without any qualms sixty million sesterces towards that monumental work you used to praise so highly – the expansion of the over-crowded Forum, and its extension all the way to the Atrium of Liberty. The private owners of the land would not have sold for a lesser sum. Aicher, Peter J. Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City, Vol. 1. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2004. © Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. All rights reserved. This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license. For more information, see https://ocw.mit.edu/help/faq-fair-use/. 4 Forum of Julius Caesar 54-29 BC Image courtesy of Larry Koester on flickr. License CC BY. 5 VENUS – Anchises Aeneas – Creusa (or Lavinia) Ascanius (Iulus) [ Kings of Alba Longa ] ??? – Numitor Amulius MARS – Rhea Romulus Remus The Julian Family JULIUS CAESAR 6 Suetonius, Julius 78 • ‘But it was the following action in particular that roused deadly hatred against him. When the Senate approached him in a body with many highly honorary decrees, he received them before the temple of Venus Genetrix without rising.’ From Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Translated by J.C. Rolfe. This material is in the public domain. 7 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu 21H.132 The Ancient World: Rome Spring 2017 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: https://ocw.mit.edu/terms. .

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