Jordan Reichlin

Mr.Whitson

Humanities

2/25/10

1.Augustus was a very successful man for many reasons. One of those which was probably one of the most important reason was that he was the adopted son of Caeser. Because he was his son he had his troops loyalty and the peoples. He was very careful in his rise to power though. He was very sensitive and careful. When he died he even planned for his next ruler to keep the peace! He also made a senate, gave governors regular salaries, and and kept peace. The nobles thought of this as the price of peace was augustus power. When Lepidus died who was the current leader of religion he took his place, so now he was also in charge of religion. His rule as also peaceful so people were almost always supporting him. “Virgil discovered the ideal figure of the Augustan Age: sober, tenacious, pious, a slave of duty” page 20. So from Virgils view he was a great ruler. The reason he did so much better than other rulers in my opinion is conflict. He seems to try to have minimal conflict with whatever he does. His laws help the people and do not make him supreme dictator, the people still have rights. He does not seem corrupt and the people see that and so do not hate him.

2. In the last paragraph of this it says that he thinks no other mans should ever hold so much power or be king in Rome. So he could also be talking about why Caesar was murdered. So he could be also giving a reason why Caesar was murdered because he had to much power.

3. There are many qualities that Augustus would want to emphasize. Smartness it tells about how one man outsmarts three other men. He does this by running from them and letting them chase them at their own pace. By doing this he does not have to face three on one but one on one. This also shows they ability he fights the strongest one first, while he is strongest. In the story he quickly beats both of the first men. He also fights three men kills them all and comes out suposively unharmed. So this story shows courage, intelligence, and revenge. He shows revenge by telling the final brother that he has gotten revenge for his brothers and this is for Rome to rule.

sorry

sorry, i completely did the wrong story even though it doe not count i still want to post this.

The story was about Romans and another army. They chose triplets from each army to fight to decide it. in this quick fight two of roman triplets died then last one ran for it to make the other triplets spread out. then he quickly killed first and second one because they werent righ tnext to each other. then fought the third and quickly killed ihm unharmed.

I know it doesnt count but here it is

Caeilan Hill is one of the seven Hills of Rome. By myth it got it's name from Ccaelius Vibenna, probably because he was one othe the elite who settled there. During the republic it was where the elite lived. During it's history a wall was built, about 200 meters south of the church. It divided the hill into two. It was called the Servain Wall, the west was where the ciyr lied, and the eastern half was where the country or farms lied. This caused much diversity on the hill. It took many years for the cityfolks and the farmers to reach common ground. Near the height of rome a man called Emporer Claudius had control of Rome.

Ovid's poem goes from grief to more grief. After Memnon's and Achilles' mothers mourned, Tibullus dies (probably because this was a elegy for him). Venus therefor becomes stunned, and since he was stunned all good was banished from Tory. Then at the end of the poem Tibullus is held a funeral and was cremated.

Ovids Poem

In this poem fits into the second category. It goes from grief to more grief. It moves a little bit towards consolation when he says how other people have escaped or almost escaped. So that they're is hope. It compares Tibullus's death so that it even surprised the gods. It shows how that there're mothers mourned them and even the god mourned them.

Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill is the highest of the seven hills of Roman times. In ancient Rome it was one of the better districts in their city, it was a residential area. At around 475Bc a shrine was build on the hill. It was a good neighborhood until a fire destroyed much of it in around 60AD. During Roman times the eastern end of the hill was for garbage and burial sites.

ELEGY POWER!!!!!

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Ovid's Elegy to Tebullus is defiantly grief to consolation. I have come to the conclusion that Ovid and Tebullus were secret lovers. In his poem, Ovid makes many comparisons to two lovers when one of them dies. "What use to have slept alone in an empty bed?" (Ovid line 34) In this stanza Ovid talks about the two lovers Nemesis and Delia after Nemisis steals her away from Tibullus. In the end, Ovid realizes Tibullus would not want him to grieve like this and that brings him comfort.