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A Levels Rome AS (Augustus and the People) Mind Map on building project, created by diddyp1 on 09/04/2014.
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  1. Ara Pacis
    1. 13 BC
      1. 'the altar of peace'
        1. four panels with scene of the empire carved into it
          1. Terra Mater
            1. seated amid pastoral scene of fertility and beauty
            2. Arrival of Aeneas in Italy
              1. Romulus and remus
                1. Augustus offering a libation to the gods followed by his family and a long line of senators
                  1. Visual reminder
                    1. historical event of the peace in 13BC with Parthia
                      1. politcal
                        1. Augustus as 'first among equals'
                        2. Propaganda
                          1. golden age of of Aeneas/ romulus and remus and now augustus
                          2. international
                            1. greeks and Roman elements
                              1. reminder of the harmony of the empire
                    2. Arch of Augustus
                      1. inscribe with list of chief magistrates and thriumphant general s of the Republic who'd made Rome great
                        1. Augustus trying to associate his name with their past glories
                      2. Family
                        1. Agrippa
                          1. Campus Agrippae
                            1. Park
                            2. Baths of Agrippa
                              1. Built a number of Aquaducts
                                1. Pantheon in 27BC dedicated to Mars and Venus
                                2. Octavia
                                  1. built a portico and library to her son marcellus
                                3. Temples
                                  1. Temple of Apollo
                                    1. vowed this in 36 BC when part of Pallatine hill was struck by lightening
                                      1. rebuilt in 30BC in honour of Apollo at actium
                                        1. later furnished with porticoe and 2 libraries
                                        2. Temple of Mars Ultor
                                          1. vowed to build this as a result of Avenging Caesar's death to Philippi by killing liberators
                                            1. in niches on the back wall stood statues of those who'd celebrated triumphs in the past
                                              1. Temple became centre for military affairs
                                                1. met to debate war or peace
                                                  1. commandars started and ended (if victorious) campagins there
                                                2. Other buildings
                                                  1. Imperial household/ Domus Imperialis
                                                    1. Augustus purposefully lived in a house of modest size
                                                      1. all part of the image not to look conspicuouly powerful
                                                    2. Forum Romanum
                                                      1. Less of a building, and more of a grand public space
                                                    3. Plebs
                                                      1. Many urban plebs had no steady employment, so by introducing a massive building programme this provided a wealth of employment opportunities
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