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Show ROME IS HONORING HONORINGITS HONORINGITS ITS FIRST EMPERORFame EMPEROR EMPERORFame Fame of Augustus Cele Celebrated . bratedIn orated1n brated orated in 1n Great Exhibit ExhibitWish . . Wish W'tsh Wtsh Wssh ' ngton D CNam C-Nam C Nam C -Nam Nam - Namng ng ngthe themonth the themonth hemonth month of August tor for Emperor Au Augustus Augustus Augustus gustus was not enough for Rome s a sfirst afirst sfirst first emperor The ruler f s fame famenow famenow tamenow now is being celebrated by a vast vastexh vastexh vastexh exh b t wh eh ch is III 1 ir r ' ng thousands of ofItal ofHal otItal Ital Hal ans sins and tourists to a new 50 50room 50room 50room room bu Idmg ldmg in Rome s Via Na NazIOn Nazionale Nazionale NazionaleThe zIOn zionale ale zionaleThe The e exh eah h bit contains conta111s i 1 ' pnceless priceless pncelesscolIect pricelesscollect pricelesscollect colIect collect on ot of models and museum museumpieces museumpieces museumpieces pieces recall ng the Golden GoldEm Goldon Age in inwhich inwhich inwhich which Augu Augustus < tus re gned sa says says ) s the theNatIOnal theNational theNational NatIOnal Geograpllc Geograpl ic is soc etyTI etyTwo ety etyTwo T\I T I Two \ 0 hundred scale models of ofd ofd ofd d veil ngs amphitheaters trIUmphal trIUmphalarches triumphalarches triumphalarches arches baths budges aqueducts aqueductsand aqueductsand aqueductsand and other structures luce hke like those of ofI ofancient ofancient ofancient I ancient Rome are arc on display as as"ell aswell aswell "ell ell well " as several thousand plaster plasterI plasterrepl plasterrep plasterrepi repl rep ) cas of h stone stOrIC objects m 111 in bronze bronzeand bronzeand I I Iand and marble no v presersed preserv presen ed in 111 mu museums museums museums seums in m Europe and AmerIcaI AmerIcaThe AmericaThe America AmericaThe muI I I The Rome Augustus ruled ( B C C27 I 27 A D 14) 14 ) ) teemed with a mill on onmhab oninhab I IInhab Inhab mhab tants Its wealthy residents residentslived residentshv 11\ 11 11ed lived \ ed a social outdoor life strollmg strolling strollingin strollmgIn In \ white hIte hIteIoolen \ woolen \Ioolen Ioolen togas through shad shaded shaded shaded ed marble colonnades and gardens gardensflecked gardensflecked gardensflecked flecked with splashing fountaIns fountaInsWealthy fountainsWealthy fountainsWealthy Wealthy men were followed by bycrO1 bycrowds bycrowds crO\1 crO 1 crowds \ ds of friends and servants servantsRomans ' I Romans spent more time hme in publIc publIcplaces publicplaces publicplaces places than in m their homes In the thebaths thebatha thebath baths batha * they met their friends fnends , , at thecircuses the thecircuses thecircuses circuses they watched chariot racesand races racesand racesand and gladiatorial gladlatcrIal contests They Theymade Theymade Theymade made sacrifices to the gods m n tern ternI ternpIes ternpies ternpies pIes In the crowded Forum they theyheard theyheard theyheard I | heard the orations ot of Cicero and andthe andthe andthe [ the latest news from the provmces provinces provmcesand provincesand provincesand and conducted the business busmess of the Roman Tenement HousesOne Houses HousesOne One of the outstand ng exhibits exhibitsis IS a furnished furmshed repi repl ca ot of a wealthy wealthyRoman wealthyRomans wealthyRomans Roman Romans s home Such homes were wereusually \ wereusually ere ereusually usually one or two stories hIgh hIghbwlt highbuilt highbuilt bwlt built around a central hall hke like likethose likethose those in m Pompeii Pompell and many had hadprIyate hadprivate hadprivate prIyate private water suppi suppl esPoorer esPoorer es esPoorer Poorer classes lived I1ved herded to together together together gether m in tall tenement houses usu usually usually usually ally from tour four to seven stories highand high highand highand and obtained obtamed their thell ' water from pub publIe public publie lIe lic fountains fountams Of flimsy construe construehon construetion construetion hon tion these buildings bwIdmgs were the cause causeof causeof causeof of frequent fires and often oftm some ofthem of ofthem olthem them collapsed Dark unheated unheatedand unheatedand unheatedand and uninviting un111vltmg they flanked narrow narrowstreets narrowstreets narrowstreets streets congested with donkeyshorses donkeys donkeyshorses donkeyshorses horses and slaves Rome was so sonOIsy sonoisy sonoisy nOIsy and crowded that wealthy elt cit cithens eltIzens citizens Izens hens Q h bud ul llt } ountrl pountriy country ountrlvllIas villas vllIas at Porn Pornpell Pornpen Pompen pell pen and elsewhere elsewhere . , . , A i 't t ' . t . . dO dOAugustus < n nAugustus Augustus is said to o have boastedthat boasted boastedthat boastedthat that he found Rome of brick and andleft andleft andleft left it of marble He rebuilt rebullt nu mu numerous mumerous numerous merous temples and other bwldmgs buildings buildingsSt bwldmgsSt St 11 standing standmg m 111 in modern Rome are arerema111S areremains areremains rema111S remains of the Portico of Octavia Octaviawhich Octaviawhich Octaviawhich which he completed and named forhis for forhis forhis his sister Nearby stands the ru rumed rufined ruined med fined Theater of Marcellus finished finishedby finishedby finishedby by Augustus Augustusand Augustus and named tor for Octa Octavia Octavia Octavia via s son Rome has recently re reconstructed reconstructed reconstructed constructed the Altar ot of Peace bu It Itby Itby Itby by Augustus to celebrate the re reestabhshment reestablishment reestablishment estabhshment establishment of peace after hIs hIscampaIgns hiscampaigns hiscampaigns campaIgns in m Gaul and Spain Spam In Inthe Inthe Inthe the year 2 B C he built an addl adds addltonal addit addst tonal t onal Forum to commemorate thebattle the theba thebattle ba battle ttle of Phil ppiPublic ppi ppl ppiPublic Public % tt \ % orksMore orks orksMore More important to his subJects subjectsthan subjectsthan than his memorials were the em emperor emperor emperor peror s 5 public works He dramed drained dramedthe drainedthe drainedthe the surrounding malarial country countryrepaired countryrepaired countryrepaired repaired the huge stone aqueducts aqueductsthat aqueductsthat aqueductsthat that spanned it and bu It new ones onesHe onesHe onesHe He constructed good roads into mto the thecIty thecity thacity cIty Wine Wme wagons rolled over them themas themas themas as they do now Into the capital capitalpoured capitalpoured capitalpoured poured corn from Sicily and other othercommod othercommod othercommod commod t t es from Sardinia Sardmla Africa Africaand Africaand Africaand and the East From Egypt Augus Angus Augustus Angustut Augustus tus tut brought obelisks to adorn Rome s public pubhc places and from A1 At A1rica Atrica Atnca rica wild beasts to be slaughtered slaughteredhundreds slaughteredhundreds slaughteredhundreds hundreds at a time hme in m the arenaIn arena arenaIn In an effort to reform Rome the theemperor theemperor theemperor emperor organized orgamzed a strong policesystem polIce polIcesystem policesystem system He also extended the boun born boundanes borndaries boundanes danes daries of the Roman emp re Inthe In Inthe Inthe the Forum he set up a golden mile milestone milestone milestone stone from which w \ hich hlch d stances 5tances were weremeasured weremeasured weremeasured measured to every part of the prov provmces provraces provmces mces races The Mediterranean he felt felt feltwas , , was his laki lakl . . and most ol of the lands landssurroundmg landssurrounding landssurrounding surroundmg surrounding it were made Roman RomanprovInces Romanprovinces Romanprovinces provInces H s ma led legions went wentI wentclanlung wentclanking wentclanking I clanlung clanking through what is now Yugoslaxra Yugo Yugosla Yugosla\ia Yugosla ia sla\ sla slala slaxra \ la Spa Span n France and Germa Germafly Germany ny fly his fleets sa led the Rh ne no and andDanube andDanube andDanube \ Danube and wherever he estab establ1shed estabfished estabUshed l1shed fished fort fled colonies colomes trIumphal trIumphalI trIumphalarches triumphalarches triumphalarches I arches bridges and aqueducts were werebuIlt werebuilt werebuilt buIlt Today their crumbi crumbl crumb ] ng mas inns massive innssave massive sive save remains remams scattered throughout throughoutEurope throughoutEurope throughoutEurope masI I Europe recall the strength and thedignity the thedignity thedignity dignity of the Golden Age I |