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| Roman Empire | arrangement of political structure of Rome after the republic fell |
| princeps | first among equals or senior member of the senate, title given to Augustus |
| Augustus | cognomen given to Octavius, means revered |
| augur | interpreter of omens from the flight of birds |
| senate's flattery of August | 8th month renames after him, awarded the title of Pater Patriae |
| Res Gestae | autobiographical survey of Augustus' principate, a propaganda piece |
| powers unique to Augustus | proconsular imperium, no longer reelected consul, given power of tribune |
| auctoritas | personal influence of Augustus because of which he was obeyed without question |
| Equites' jobs | financial officers in new imperial provinces, as deputies of the emperor in Egypt and supervision of the grain supply, commanded fleets, fire brigade and police force |
| imperial ring | provinces governed by Augustus |
| senatorial ring | provinces governed by pro-magistrates |
| German tribes | campaign fought against these people by Drusus and Tiberius |
| Varus | lost standards to a German chieftan |
| Parthia | Romans recovered the standards captured from Crassus |
| Augustus et Roma | religious cult of the emperor |
| Herod | king of Judaea until his death in 6 AD |
| Quirinus | governor of Syria, who was ordered to take a census of the people for tax purposes, the area in question extended to Judaea |
| Julia | daughter of Augustus, married to three different men |
| Marcellus | Octavia's son, Julia's first husband who died of malaria at a young age |
| Agrippa | Augustus' friend and heir to the principate after the death of Marcellus, produced 5 children with Julia, Augustus' daughter |
| Lucius and Gaius | sons of Julia by Agrippa, heirs to the principate after the death of Agrippa |
| Tiberius | stepson of Augustus who became his heir after his grandsons died, Julia's third husband |
| Livia | wife of Augustus who had sons from a previous marriage, Drusus and Tiberius |
| Ara Pacis | altar dedicated by the senate to celebrate the safe return of Augustus |
| arch | architectural innovation adapted from the Etruscan, used in aqueducts |
| basilica | dome and barrel vault developed to form this structure |
| insulae | tenement houses |
| Cicero | wrote oratory, philosophy and letters to his brother and friend, Atticus |
| Atticus | brother in law of Cicero with whom he corresponded |
| Caesar | wrote commentaries on the Gallic war and the Civil war |
| Catullus | wrote lyric poetry to a woman named Clodia, but named her Lesbia in his poems |
| Horace | wrote poetry about delights of the countryside, and state odes in honor of the emperor, humble beginnings |
| Ovid | wrote poetry, most famous works Metamorphoses, Ars Amatoria and Tristia, exiled by Augustus |
| Vergil | wrote epic poetry, the Aeneid |
| Livy | wrote history of Rome from the founding of the city Ab Urbe Condita |
