Writing Homework Help

Read the Res Gestae (The Deeds of the Divine Augustus) of Augustus as well as in Mathisen pp. 402-3, as well as the account of Augustus’ career in the supporting sources and The West in Question 7 (Section 1). The famous quote from Augustus is that he found Rome built of brick and he left it built of marble.  How did Augustus use propaganda in sources like the Res Gestae, Ara Pacis, or the Prima Porta Augustus to enhance his control of the state? How do you think other Romans felt about the collapse of their Republic given that Augustus was ushering in an age of peace free from civil war?