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C O U R S E 
Roman Architecture
Diana Kleiner, Yale University
https://www.coursera.org/course/romanarchitecture
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Augustus and Luna Marble
Notes taken on February 16, 2014 by Edward Tanguay
Mark Antony and Octavian
44 BC: Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony rises to power
Octavian was only 19 and grand nephew of Caesar, tries to overthrow him and fails
43 BC: Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus form Second Triumvirate
42 BC: Octavian and Antony join military forces and defeat Cassius and Brutus at the Battle of Philippi
Mark Antony joins Cleopatra
Octavian realizes Antony is distracted, a perfect time to reach for supreme power
31 BC: defeats Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium
Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide
Augustus
27 BC: Octavian becomes Augustus
14 AD: Octavian dies still as emperor
was transformed into a god as Caesar had been
leaves documents:
"I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble"
much truth to this
lists dozens of building projects he was involved in
82 temples that he either restored or built in Rome itself
gives a sense of Octavian's building objectives
some of the buildings still survive
rebuilds Rome in the model of Athens in ancient Greece
a high quality marble was available to Rome in close proximity
before this there had been some flirtation with marble from foreign quarries, and they made faux marble walls, but real marble was difficult to obtain
began to mine the marble from Luna (present day Carrara, near present day Sarzana), same quarry used centuries later by Michelangelo
since it was on the coast, it was fairly easy to load it and transport it to Rome
Carrara today
still have marble exhibition, compete for sculpting prizes