Building Programme

In AD2 the same year he was awarded the title of pater patraie

It was 40 years after his vow to build a temple of Mars the avenger after Philippi because he had to wait for the landowner to die as he refused to take the land by force

Tufa stone coated in marble

• "I found Rome built of bricks; I leave it clothed in marble"
• This is literally true as he made extensive use of white marble from the quarries of Carrara

It fulfilled a real practical need as Rome's population was increasing daily and the 2 forums already in existence couldn't cope

Aeneas was in the west and Romulus was in the east

There was a collosus statue of augustus in a huge square hall

Statue of Mars, Venus and the divine Julius

In the inter collums of the porticoes there were statues of illustrious romans

• Brutus
• Cuncator
• Africanus
• Sulla
• Pompey

• In paragraph 31
• "next to the immortal gods... Great men of old"

A statue of augustus riding in a chariot bearing the title "father of his country"

Because they had done some deed that had gone beyond the normal role of a magistrate ie. Taking the initiative in saving the people of Rome and the inscriptions beneath each statute were meant to teach a lesson

• In paragraph 21 of the res gestae
• "I built the temple of Mars the avenger and the forum of Augustus on private ground from the proceeds of booty"

• By the agorae (market squares) of the Greeks and by ancient etruscan temples
• Again links to heritage

• Julius Caesar began his forum in 48BCE but died before he could complete it and so Augustus completed it: wants to be seen to carry on his "fathers" work and image
• On the fourth side of this forum was a temple dedicated to Venus Genetrix (his divine ancestor)

• The style of the pillars was Greek - connotes link to the Greek golden age
• Both have temples in the name of gods they have connections with i.e Venus
• Both acted as personal and political propaganda and as a solid representation of their aims and ideals

About his place in roman history and the model of leadership that the roman people should look for in the future and was meant to legitimise the principate by stressing the restoration of ancient roman traditions

Acted as a forecourt for the temple of Mars altor (mars the avenger) which was backed up against a huge stone wall which separated it from the "subura"

There were statues of Venus and the divine Julius

• In addition to all that he built himself he urged leading citizens to embellish the city according to their means
• Marcus phillipus buoy the temple of hercules
• Cornelius balba built a theatre

He restored 82 temples such as the temple of appollo and the temple of lares

• Restored the channels of the aqueducts
• Restored the via flaminia as far as Rimini
• Theatre of marcellus

"this has been done to make my fellow citizens insist that both I (while I live) and the leaders of the following ages shall not fall below the standard set by those great men of old"

• Provided employment which was essential as rome itself didn't have a trade as such and unemployment was a big problem
• He encouraged prosperity through trade