The Aftermath of Caesar

A Few decades afterwards Livy doubted whether Caesar's birth had been a blessing or a curse. That was an extreme doctrine: ‘Pompeianism’ like Livy's could be licensed under Augustus, but it was not orthodoxy; and to say that Caesar had been justly killed was a crime. Yet the one clear judg...

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Published in:Greece and Rome 1957-03, Vol.4 (1), p.71-77
Main Author: Chilver, G. E. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consuls
Dictators
Dictatorship
Divinity
Heirs
Propaganda
Soldiers
Tyranny
Upper houses
War
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Summary:A Few decades afterwards Livy doubted whether Caesar's birth had been a blessing or a curse. That was an extreme doctrine: ‘Pompeianism’ like Livy's could be licensed under Augustus, but it was not orthodoxy; and to say that Caesar had been justly killed was a crime. Yet the one clear judgement on Caesar in the Aeneid is a rebuke, and in Horace there is virtual silence except in extolling Augustus the avenger. It was Ovid's clear language which was best fitted to sum up the Government's position: neque enim de Caesaris actis ullum maius opus, nisi quod pater exstitit huius.
ISSN:0017-3835
1477-4550
DOI:10.1017/S0017383500015746