The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

by Karl Galinsky
ISBN-10:
0521807964
ISBN-13:
9780521807968
Pub. Date:
10/10/2005
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521807964
ISBN-13:
9780521807968
Pub. Date:
10/10/2005
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

by Karl Galinsky
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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521807968
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/10/2005
Series: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Pages: 444
Product dimensions: 6.22(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.22(d)

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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