Constructing power in Augustus’ Rome

What brought water into Rome?

• slaves with jugs

• aqueducts

• viaducts

• underground piping

Later emperors....

• tried to copy Augustus' work or get their buildings close to his

• demolished Augustus' buildings

• allowed earlier building projects to be scavenged for scraps

• just used existing buildings

Augustus bragged that he found Rome a city of .... and left it a city of ...

• brick...marble

• slaves....masters

• cowards...warriors

• mud...gold

Augustus was a Roman....

• king

• emperor

• dictator

• senator

This is the Mausoleum of Augustus. It was used as a...

• tomb

• fighting arena

• theater

• temple

On Augustus' tomb he notably had inscribed...

• prayers to the gods

• the name of his heir

• mention of his building projects

• a description of the afterlife

The civic, religious and commercial center of a Roman city was the...

• curia

• basilica

• forum

• thermae

The legendary founder of Rome was....

• Romulus

• Sybil

• Nerva

• Numa

The Romans thought they were descended from the Trojans through....

• Aeneas

• Achilles

• Priam

• Ulysses

Augustus prioritized a temple to .... to demonstrate Roman imperial dominance.

• Mars

• Minerva

• Apollo

• Jupiter