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A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

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STUDIES<br />

1. Describe the diet <strong>of</strong> Augustus. What was his health? What<br />

bearing naturally had this condition on his public policy?<br />

2. How does he say he restored the Republic? What power was<br />

he to exercise outside <strong>of</strong> Rome? What power was left the senate?<br />

Why do we speak <strong>of</strong> his government as a principate?<br />

3. What was the feeling <strong>of</strong> the eastern provincials toward him and<br />

his family? Did the leading Romans have the same feeling for him?<br />

4. What idea does this document give you <strong>of</strong> the character <strong>of</strong> the<br />

old Roman worship?<br />

5. Contrast the Hymn written by Horace.<br />

6. Describe the public works <strong>of</strong> Augustus.<br />

7. What is here said <strong>of</strong> Marcellus? Had Augustus a right to<br />

appoint a man to succeed him?<br />

8. How did Tiberius obtain the succession? Who was he and what<br />

kind <strong>of</strong> a man?<br />

9. What was his policy with reference to spendthrift senators?<br />

Was it wise? What was thought <strong>of</strong> divorced people who married<br />

again? What was done to lower the price <strong>of</strong> grain? Compare<br />

present conditions. What else did Tiberius do to relieve the unfortunate?<br />

What general impression <strong>of</strong> Tiberius do these extracts make?

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