Augustus of Primaporta, power and propaganda

[@collin8428]

These videos are utterly amazing and have had such a positive impact on me over the years. They help me appreciate the depth of human experience and to approach the world with even greater curiosity.

[@prajjwalgarag8815]

Oh how i love these videos always hungry for more😍

[@deanosumo]

Another banger from Beth and Steven, making my teaching eben easier

[@Caesar_Himself]

Splendid.

[@fyousuckers9381]

wow !!!!!! caesar himself says splendid !!!

[@avicennam7708]

Great work this was very interesting

[@fuzzyhair321]

can we just appreciate this survived underground in perfect condition for 2000yrs and we have this for all time now

[@thomasroth4047]

Fantastic video! It really sparked my interest in Roman history and literature!

[@Kim-the-Dane-1952]

Actually pretty sure the breast plate was not leather but lorica musculata which would have been made from iron or bronze

[@smarthistory-art-history]

That is certainly possible. Though my memory of the literature is that metals were used a bit later. Nevertheless, and as we make clear in the video, this is a representation and not a literal depiction of something that actually existed. Augustus did not look like this, and the cuirass is likely just as fictitious.

[@jasperlee7490]

@@icechiller8073 you need medication

[@GoogleUserOne]

Agreed. Also, Augustus just demanded the eagles be returned and they were. They knew they weren’t dealing with Crassus

[@deandreconners4415]

Very neat I love it the augustus artifact I write a eassy about this object in my art history class in college great video I enjoy it so much

[@airplanes42]

I would swear that I saw this in the museum at Ostia Antica in the 90s. I wonder how often they move statues around?

[@augustuscaesar8287]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[@emmaarteaga2995]

This was very informative, thank you!

[@paillette2010]

Wonderful..as usual!

[@schoolstudio7915]

Thanks SMH ⚘

[@peachy4098]

wow amazing video so detailed

[@Sasha0927]

Bae-drian can't be replaced, but I've always liked seeing Augustus too... supposedly. I'd be interested to see a non-idealized version. On a side-note, I've always thought of standards being flags, but like the staffs better. They're more substantial and detailed.

[@jadenova]

From what I've read my understanding is that he called himself 'emperor' because Romans didn't like kings and this was a way to get away with being a king.

[@nicholasturner7931]

I’m pretty sure Augustus negotiated the return of the standards, not as the video implies regaining them thru military conquest. Still a fine video tho.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

The return was indeed negotiated during a time of relative peace, though enforced by military power. The point being made here is the representation of military victory.

[@AlexFairchild]

"These things were brightly painted" that statement is most likely incorrect, the painting was much more likely very naturalistic, we know roman frescoes were not garish, so why would their sculptures be?

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Roman wall painting does indeed use bright colors including rich saturated yellows, reds, and blues. There are of course numerous examples. Nevertheless, we agree that the reconstruction is likely not accurate.

[@AlexFairchild]

@@smarthistory-art-history you didn't say it, but you said it as a voiceover to the garish Brinkmann polychrome reconstruction :) I believe we will find these staues looked more like 17th century spanish porcelain saints than MS paint mannequins.

[@AlexFairchild]

@@smarthistory-art-history I am trying to put a fine point on your statement, that roman statues were "brightly" colored. That likely they were not as bright as that particular reconstruction, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYOwgYyeZ7aXia8 for a subtler polychromy reconstruction. No offense meant, only trying to add other interpretations to this fascinating subject.

[@FoxyCAMTV]

Cultures who worship statues of themselves and build bigger and bigger statues are a bit.....strange I don't think Buddha wanted people to carve thr mountains to build his statues but on the other hand this king probably wanted it.

[@FoxyCAMTV]

Think if they instead built exact copies of rare animals they saw and had tue foresight to see humanity will destroy them.