RG secures peace

• A selfless military leader

  • Mutina - “on my own initiative, and at my own expense”
  • “Temple of Mars the Avenger and the Forum of Augustus on private ground from war booty” - military exploits used to maintain a pax deorum with the gods rather for personal gain
• Skilled military leader

  • “I conquered them twice” -> on his victory over the assassins
  • Won on “land and sea”
• Merciful military leader

  • “Pardoned all the citizens who asked for mercy”
  • Allowed the Armenians to run their own kingdom as a client kingdom rather than become a province. He allows the natural order of kings follow through, perhaps hinting at the same grace his own people should allow his family when he dies
• Skilled politician

  • “ I recovered from Spain and Gaul and the Dalmatians… the military standards that had been lost by other generals”
  • “I compelled the Parthians”
  • Seen as a respected diplomat, visited by those who had “never before been seen with Roman generals”
• Bringer of peace through war

  • “Janus Quirinus should be closed” which was only closed “twice in living memory”
  • Augustus awarded an “Altar of Augustan Peace” (Ara Pacis)
  • Augustus included in the Salian hymn
• Imperialist

  • “Freed the sea from pirates”
  • “I extended the limits of all the provinces of the Roman people”
  • “ I added Egypt to the empire of the Roman people.”
• Benefactor through war

  • “Temple of Mars the Avenger and the Forum of Augustus on private ground from war booty”
  • “Dedicated gifts from booty”