SUET JC + augustus

• Augustus continuing his father’s legacy

  • Completes projects JC started
  • Restored things JC reformed like the “calendar, reformed by Julius Caesar and allowed through negligence to fall into confusion and disorder”
  • Augustus changing his name of Thurinus, which held sentimentality and history, in order to “comply” with JC’s “will”
  • Augustus considered it his “duty” to enforce his father’s decrees which Suetonius points to the reasoning behind the civil conflict early on in Augustus’ career
• Having a relationship based on mutual respect

  • JC is said to have “quickly formed a high opinion of Augustus’ character”, and Augustus’ respect of JC is echoed in his trust in JC’s military endeavours.
• Augustus as avenger for his father

  • Augustus’ civil wars are merely means through which he can avenge his father. “Augustus considered it his duty to avenge Caesar’s death”
  • Augustus’ “vow to build the Temple of Mars”