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According to Suetonius who is the historian of the Rome, Augustus had found Rome a city of mud brick and left it a city of marble1. Undoubtedly, the most outstanding achievement of the urbanization movement the Augustus pursued are those brilliant Roman architecture. Many historian believe that the most outstanding, magnificent and practical buildings were rise during the Augustus period which is the greatest period of Rome architecture of all time of the Rome history.2 In order to improve the infrastructure of the city of Rome, the Augustus put vast of his wealth to the area of Rome architecture and also keep develop the management institution.3 Those outstanding building such as The Forum of Augustus, the Theater of Marcellus,the Baths of Agrippa,the Temple of Apollo Palatinus,and the Ara Pacis were all completed during Augustus period.4 Meanwhile, Augustus also put a great influence to the future emperor of the Rome. The future emperor also put a huge effort to decorate and repair for the Rome buildings. Under his influence, wealthy of every class were also put a heavy investment of the construction of the city.5 Thus, it creates the prosperous of the Roman city. In this essay, i will choose the Temple of Mars Ultor, The Temple of Apollo Palatinus and The Ara Pacis as three buildings related to Augustus’s region to illustrate how those outstanding architecture reflect his impact and the representational messages were they designed to convey. Author, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page number(s).
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Urbanus, Jason. “A Spin through Augustan Rome.” Archaeology Vol. 68 Issue 4 (2015): 9-10 Rostovtzeff et al., The social and economic history of the Roman Empire (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1998), 9. The urban image of Augustan Rome / Diane Favro. P134 Jason, “A Spin through Augustan Rome.” 9-10 Rostovtzeff et al., The social and economic history of the Roman Empire, 32. 1