The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus
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Part of Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- Editor: Karl Galinsky, University of Texas, Austin
- Date Published: October 2005
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521807968
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The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC--AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. At a time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in influencing their direction. Written by distinguished specialists from the U.S. and Europe, this Companion's sixteen essays explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections among social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments.
Read more- Provides a variety of new perspectives on a pivotal period in world history and civilization.
- Numerous illustrations, including colour plates and maps
- Written both as an introduction to the central issues of the age and as an interpretive guide
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Wide ranging in scope with clear and engagingly written chapters, each having suggestions for further reading, this book will appeal to students and scholars alike. Highly recommended.
ChoiceSee more reviews"The sixteen essays in the volume bring together some of the most distinguished contemporary critics of the Augustan Age, and serious effort is invested so that each voice acknowledge the arguments advanced in as many of the contributions in the volume as possible."
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- Date Published: October 2005
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521807968
- length: 444 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 31 mm
- weight: 0.838kg
- contains: 61 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 5 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Political History:
1. Augustus and the power of tradition Walter Eder
2. Augustus and the making of the principate Erich Gruen
Part II. Intellectual and Social Developments:
3. Mutatas formas: the Augustan transformation of Roman knowledge Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
4. Romans in the Roman world Nicholas Purcell
5. Provincial perspectives Greg Woolf
6. Women in the time of Augustus Susan Treggiari
Part III. The Emperor's Impact:
7. The Emperor as impresario Richard Beacham
8. Augustus and Roman religion John Scheid
Part IV. Art and the City:
9. Semblance and storytelling in Augustan Rome Diana Kleiner
10. Making Rome a world city Diane Favro
11. Augustan domestic interiors John Clarke
Part V. Augustan Literature:
12. Learned eyes Alessandro Barchiesi
13. Augustan poetry and Augustanism Jasper Griffin
14. Poets in the new milieu Peter White
15. Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses as world literature Karl Galinsky
Part VI. Epilogue as Prologue:
16. Herod and the Jewish experience of Augustan rule Michael White.-
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