Explain How Horace Conveys The Benefits Of Augustus' Reign in his Odes 4.15

It's important students recognise that marks will be awarded both for identifying specific details and then for their explanations. Ideally students should identify at least five quotations from the text and explore their broader meaning in relation to the benefits of Augustus' reign. Aspects within the poem they could explore include: the link to prosperity ('rich crops'); the improved safety for Roman people, as evidenced by the references to the loss of 'crime' or the 'tightened the reign on lawlessness'; the safety from Civil War ('no civil disturbance' and 'no mutual enemies of wretched towns) which was important given the wars present at the fall of the Republic; the superiority over other peoples ('fame and majesty of our empire' and the return of the 'Parthian pillars' (references may be may made to this signficiance of this as highlighted on the Prima Porta); the fact the benefits came from Augustus himself - 'Caesar, this age has restored' 'freed at last' and 'driven out crime' - everything Horace describes is directly as a result the success of Augustus himself.