Trial of Augustus

Main question: Did the dictatorship of Augustus make Rome better or worse?

Prosecution:

1. Agrippa--argues about the fragility and dangers of dictatorship [Read document #16 through page 98]

2. Tacitus [click link] --argues against the loss of freedom and also against the problems of succession.

Defense:

1. Suetonius [click link] --recounts important administrative and social reforms

2. Augustus --brags about himself [Read document 1, particularly paragraphs 8 and after]