#augustus

🪷 #50thAnniversary ... The ambitious BBC series "I, Claudius" premiered on 20 September 1976 ... 50 years ago! The series was a milestone in television historical dramas, setting new standards for historically accurate scripts, set design and costumes. For example, the armour cuirass worn by actor #GeorgeBaker (playing #Tiberius ) was an exact copy of the armour cuirass depicted on the #Augustus of Prima Porta marble statue. #IClaudius 🪷

When we talk about long inscriptions, the Res Gestae Divi Augusti is up there! This modern version of Augustus' late-in-life retrospective which offers a very particular interpretation of his life and rule (his!) is outside the Ara Pacis museum in Rome. In antiquity copies of this inscription in Latin and Greek were erected across the Roman empire. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Augustus

The Aeneid gave Augustus more than praise. It gave his rule a sacred genealogy and made empire appear to be Rome’s destined future. Yet Virgil’s world remains filled with failed settlements, environmental destruction, civil conflict, and people sacrificed to the promised new order. #Brewminate #Roman #Mythology #Literature #Virgil #Augustus