Forum of Augustus

And then after the return, we still see this emphasis on, uh, the extent of Rome's power and empire through the conquest of Parthia and, and compelling the Parthians to return the standards, which is what Augustus tells us in Res Gestae, chapter 29.

Ovid, in his, uh, book five of his Fasti, when he describes the Forum of Augustus and the Temple to Mars Ultor, the Parthians are pretty prominent there, which is relevant because the return of the Parthian standards, as Augustus tells us, were, um, dedicated in the sanctuary in the Temple of Mars Ultor.

So this is a really interesting moment actually in- The reign of Augustus.

He has thus far kind of built up his image, uh, as a successful military figure, which is al- always a bit strange when we read Suetonius' biography of Augustus, and he's...

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And so, though he was a man of humble origin, the Senate decreed him a censor's funeral and a statue in the Forum of Augustus at the public expense.

Everything indeed was as yet in the hands of the Senate, and consequently Lucilius Capito, procurator of Asia, who was impeached by his province, was tried by them, the emperor vehemently asserting that he had merely given the man authority over the slaves and property of the imperial establishments, that if he had taken upon himself the powers of a praetor and used military force, he had disregarded his instructions.

Therefore they must hear the provincials.