The House of Augustus : : A Historical Detective Story / / T. P. Wiseman.
A radical reexamination of the textual and archaeological evidence about Augustus and the PalatineCaesar Augustus (63 BC-14 AD), who is usually thought of as the first Roman emperor, lived on the Palatine Hill, the place from which the word "palace" originates. A startling reassessment of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Understanding Augustus
- 2. History and Archaeology
- 3. The Palace
- 4. Palatine Prehistory
- 5. Palatine Legends
- 6. The Romulus Paradigm
- 7. Commander Caesar and His Gods
- 8. The Temple and the Portico
- 9. Palatine Poets
- 10. A Miscarriage of Justice
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Passages