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- Augustus died 14 August and became a god in Sept.
- Adopted Tiberius because all other preferred descendants died
- Tiberius was bitter about being passed over
- Augustus forced him to divorce his wife
- Tiberius was a very successful general (military man)
- Was given emporium but not really any power
- Once he got power he tried to share with the senate but paranoia led to persecution of people on the senate
- Used his own money to pay down the debt of the state
- Conservative public; lavish private
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- Gemma Augustus
- c 10AD
- cameo of political succession and virtues of Tiberius (conquering and war)
- general Tiberius coming to presence of Augustus represented as Jupiter (god-post death) sharing the thrown with Roma and being crowned by a representation of civilization
- rare, expensive, and luxurious
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- Villa at Sperlonga
- c. 20 AD
- 1 hour south of Rome by sea
- Triclineum-> floating dining room in cave surrounded by water
- statue of Canami -> cut bearer to gods
- animated sculptures in cave (killing of cyclops)
- head of Odysseus -> full of passion
- nothing has even been seen in classic sculptures
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- emperor 41-54 AD
- uncle of Caligula
- 51 when made emperor
- return more rights to the senate and will remain less autocratic
- just and realistic
- first and only Julio-Claudian to expand empire
- expands into Britain and Morocco
- Possibly poisoned by second wife so her son Nero could come into power
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- Porta Maggiore
- c. 50 AD
- monument where conjunction of two aqueducts run over a highway
- travertine, rustication
- columns are a series of stacked protocapitals
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- Nero "the naughty"
- ascends to throne at 16
- Augustus's grand grand nephew
- marries stepsister
- educated by Seneca (born in Spain)
- educated in art, music and poetry
- strong taste for all things Greek (opposite of Claudius)
- reign wasn't bad until 62
- 59 wanted to marry mistress and get rid of wife but his mother opposed so he murdered his mother and wife
- when Seneca retires all rationality and good gov't leaves
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- killed 1/3 of the city
- Nero doesn't care about rebuilding things for people to live in
- Recited poetry while fire burns
- Responsible for Vatican in Rome (accident) because Peter died in Rome
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- Domus Aurea
- c. 70 AD
- Golden House of Nero
- villa in city (offensive to people in Rome)
- colossal gilded statue of himself as the sun god
- octagonal room --> triclineium --> creative spaces
- architecs (Severus and Celer) were allowed to take advantage of concrete
- Occulus = big eye which feeds into center of the dining room from side dining chambers
- brick faced concrete
- manipulation of shapes, materials and light
- unknown name room oriented perfectly north adn south (rotating room) (summer solstice)
- painter is Fabulus or Famulus (liked to paint in his toga with music)
- part of palace is painted in 3rd style
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