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The statue of Augustus of Prima Porta does not have a baby hanging from his leg. It has a small Cupid riding a dolphin next to his right leg. In mythology Cupid was the son of Venus. As the adoptive son of Julius Caesar, Augustus continued the personal religious cult started by Caesar by associating his family with the goddess Venus. He claimed a religious connection with Venus for himself. This explains the presence of a small Cupid by the leg of his statue.
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The statue of Augustus Caesar has a little man at the bottom near him feet The man is holding on the Augustus's leg I think I looks like cupid one of the Roman gods Please respond Who is he?
You are thinking of the stature called the Augustus of Prima Porta and you are correct in thinking that the small fellow at the leg of Augustus is Cupid. He symbolizes the Julian family's lineage which was supposed to spring from Venus. Cupid was the son of Venus an he is riding on a dolphin, one of the favored animals of Venus.
When was the palace of Augustus built?
Which one? Augustus had a 44 year reign and there were many, many statues of him. If you are referring to the one found at Livia's villa at Prima Porta, (the one with him pointing and a little cupid at his leg) that was made shortly after his death in 14 AD.
How did Augustus show power in rome?
The power of Augustus was never challenged due to his control of the army. Augustus needed to justify his dismantling of the institutions of the Roman Republic and his creation of his personal rule. He had to do so without appearing that he was becoming a king. Republican Rome equated monarchy with tyranny. Julius Caesar was murdered because he was suspected of trying to become a king. Augustus learnt from this. He showed his power by promoting art which was used as propaganda to glorify and justify his rule. He pretended to be restoring the Roman Republic and to do so he presented himself as the restorer of traditional Roman religion, virtue and morality and through this, the old Roman greatness. He also presented himself as the restorer of the peace the Romans were longing for after years of civil wars. He claimed divine ancestry though his being the adoptive son of Julius Caesar, a divine connection which helped him to justify his rule. Art was a useful instrument to justify and display his rule and power.Two prime examples of this art are the Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace) and the statue which had been called the Augustus of Prima Porta (after the location where it was found).The Altar of Peace symbolised the peace which Augustus brought to Rome after he won the last of the civil wars which tore the Roman Republic apart. A frieze on the lower register shows vegetables. This symbolised the abundance and prosperity which the fertile land could bring with Augustus' peace. The frieze on the upper register of the northern facade show a religious procession in a thanksgiving rite for the peace restored by Augustus. It had the various priests of Roman religion followed by the members of the imperial household. The south facade has the immediate members of Augustus's family, his greatest ally (Agrippa) and the flamines (state priests) dressed for a a solemn occasion. The altar also has images of Roman gods and myths. Augustus liked to portray as the bringer of peace, and the restorer of archaic priesthoods (the flamines) and rites of Roman religion which had been decaying . This was to restore a sense of Roman virtues, probity, traditional values after the rampant corruption of the late Republic as well as Roman pride. With this combination he could make himself look like the saviour of Rome.The Augustus of Prima Porta is a full body statue in which he wears the cloak of a military commander and a ceremonial armour, which was presumably worn during the celebration of a triumph, and salutes the troops with his raised arm. This portrays him as a triumphant commander. He chose to call himself imperator Caesar Divi Filius.Imperator did not mean emperor. It was a title the troops gave to a victorious military commander after a victory and the portrayal of Augustus as triumphant commander fitted the name he chose for himself. Augustus also made propaganda use of the fact that he was the adoptive son of Julius Caesar (who had been the hero of the people) to gain political support. Caesar had claimed that his family descended from the goddess Venus. He built the Temple of Venus Genitrix and instituted a public cult to Venus as a reminder of this ancestry. After his death, Caesar was deified and the future Augustus decided to call himself Caesar Divi Filius, Son of the Divine Caesar (later he added the mentioned imperator). By the left leg of the statue there is a cupid who rides a dolphin. Cupid was the son of Venus. This was a reminder of his mythical connection to Venus, which was part of his propaganda and a help to justify his rule and power.
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The statue of Augustus Caesar has a little man at the bottom near him feet The man is holding on the Augustus's leg I think I looks like cupid one of the Roman gods Please respond Who is he?
You are thinking of the stature called the Augustus of Prima Porta and you are correct in thinking that the small fellow at the leg of Augustus is Cupid. He symbolizes the Julian family's lineage which was supposed to spring from Venus. Cupid was the son of Venus an he is riding on a dolphin, one of the favored animals of Venus.
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