In the previous lecture, we saw the rise of Augustus. We saw how a young, adopted son of Caesar out-smarted some of the greatest minds the Roman state had to offer. He and Mark Antony briefly allied in the Second Triumvirate to avenge the death of Caesar, but their alliance was short lived. While Antony ruled in the East, Augustus ruled in the West. This dichotomy and Antony’s love for Cleopatra and Alexandrian life, allowed Augustus to lure the Roman elites away from Antony. After a brief war, which culminated at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE (followed by the suicide of Antony), Augustus became the sole ruler of Rome. In this lecture, I want to speak a bit more about the reforms Augustus instituted. We spoke briefly in the last lecture about Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, a period of stability that Augustus brought about. During this period of peace, Augustus was able to reform the Roman state and make necessary changes that set it up for its full transformation to an Empire. These reforms are roughly categorized into a few forms: Moral, Bureaucratic, Financial, Architectural, and Religious. In this lecture, I want to highlight the moral, bureaucratic, and architectural reforms in particular.
Rome 07: The Punic Wars
Rome 06: The Conquest of Italy
Rome 05: The Institutions of the Roman Republic
Rome 04 - The Mythical Origins of Rome
Rome 03: The Ancient Italian Peninsula
Rome 02: The Ancient Mediterranean
Rome 01: Early Writing Cultures
Ancient Greece 22: The Achaean War
Ancient Greece 21: The Macedonian Wars
Ancient Greece 20: The Pyrrhic War
Ancient Greece 15: Hellenism
Ancient Greece 11: The Peloponnesian War
Ancient Greece 10: The Persian Wars
Ancient Greece 07: Sparta
Ancient Greece 06: Ancient Greek Geography and Military
Ancient Greece 05: The Polis
Ancient Greece 04: The Greek Renaissance
Ancient Greece 03: The Dark Ages and Homeric Society
Ancient Greece 02: The Ancient Mediterranean
Ancient Greece 01 - Early Writing Cultures
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