Handout on Augustan Origins for Dec 5's message: Advent: Backgrounds Matter


1. The 180-paneled avenue leading to the temple of Augustus at Aphrodisias in Asia Minor.

2. One of the 180 panels depicting the Flight from Troy, as Aeneas carries his infirm father Anchises and holds
the hand of his son Julus, as divine mother Venus watches over them as they set out on their journey.