I have two questions for you today, one for each of the two posts, that target how culture impacts and reflects history. For your first Post: Consider whether Augustus created a successful state or

I have two questions for you today, one for each of the two posts, that target how culture impacts and reflects history. For your first Post: Consider whether Augustus created a successful state or an unsuccessful state. Include both his impacts during his lifetime but also anything you think is a consequence of his reign in the Empire up to 284 C.E. You can weigh both specific actions and structural changes.For your Second Post: Read the Unit Announcement and the chart on qualities of Greek and Roman heroes. What can the products of culture tell us? 

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Some scholars suggest that our heroes and monsters reflect our norms and those boundaries that scare us or that make us uncomfortable. For example, you might say that zombies reflect our anxiety regarding the boundary between life and death. Please open the Unit III page Announcements to see the chart of Roman vs. Greek values and the discussion of their heroes. Choose one hero or monster from our popular culture and not actual people. These can be drawn from our own childhood stories, myths, movies, comics literature that you read in school or elsewhere, etc. By weighing historical evidence and using the chart, explain whether that hero or monster seems to reflect Greek or Roman values most.