Temple of Mars Ultor

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...