De vita Caesarum 2: Augustus, 28.3
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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Suetonius See all items with this value
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De vita Caesarum 2: Augustus, 28.3
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Urbem neque pro maiestate imperii ornatam et inundationibus incendiisque obnoxiam excoluit adeo, ut iure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere, quam latericiam accepisset.
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Adjective See all items with this value
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Participle (passive) See all items with this value
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Location: City See all items with this value
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Rome
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Architecture: Building See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Brick See all items with this value
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Unspecified building and art, maybe sculpture. Buildings had been made of brick.
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Augustus later beautifies it, but the passage essentially states that Rome had not been adorned in a way that befit it
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A00306
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