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On his deathbed, Augustus is said to have uttered a number of cryptic remarks.  First, he is said to have uttered, “have I not played my part well?  Then all clap as the actor leaves the stage,” perhaps suggesting that Augustus did indeed intend Rome to be a monarchy, with him as a democratic leader in name only.  He is also said to have remarked, “behold, for I found Rome of clay, and I leave her to you of marble.”

On his deathbed, Augustus is said to have uttered a number of cryptic remarks.  First, he is said to have uttered, “have I not played my part well?  Then all clap as the actor leaves the stage,” perhaps suggesting that Augustus did indeed intend Rome to be a monarchy, with him as a democratic leader in name only.  He is also said to have remarked, “behold, for I found Rome of clay, and I leave her to you of marble.”

== References ==

== Cheyenne''Italic text'' ==

- Paul Zanker, “the Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.”

- Paul Zanker, “the Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.”

 

- Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”: “the Life of Antony,” and “the Life of  

- Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”: “the Life of Antony,” and “the Life of Caesar.”

Caesar.”

 

- Suetonius, trans. Robert Graves, “the Lives of the Twelve  

- Suetonius, trans. Robert Graves, “the Lives of the Twelve Caesars”: “the Life of the Deified Caesar,” and, “the Life of the Deified Augustus.”

Caesars”: “the Life of the Deified Caesar,” and, “the Life of the  

 

Deified Augustus.”

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[[Category:Roman emperors]]

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