Augustus /

Augustus / / Jonathan Edmondson.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615940);Augustus (63 BC - AD 14), the first Roman emperor, brought peace and stability to Rome after decades of strife and uncertainty. He put in place a new institutional framework for the Roman Empire and inspired the ideology that sustained it for th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Edmondson, Jonathan,
MitwirkendeR:
Bowersock, G. W.,
Eck, Werner,
Ferrary, Jean-Louis,
Hölscher, Tonio,
Luce, T. J.,
Millar, Fergus,
Purcell, Nicholas,
Raaflaub, Kurt A.,
Rich, J. W.,
Scheid, John,
Syme, Ronald,
Trillmic, Walter,
Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew,
Wiseman, T. P.,
Wyke, Maria,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2009
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World : ERAW
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Physical Description:1 online resource (576 p.) :; 59 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Abbreviations
  • Map of the Roman Empire, c. ad 14
  • Introduction: Approaching the Age of Augustus
  • PART I The novus status: from III vir rei publicae constituendae to princeps
  • Introduction to Part I: The novus status: from III vir rei publicae constituendae to princeps
  • 1 Imperator Caesar: A Study in Nomenclature
  • 2 Triumvirate and Principate
  • 3 The Powers of Augustus
  • 4 Augustus,War and Peace
  • 5 Livia and theWomanhood of Rome
  • PART II Res publica restituta
  • Introduction to Part II: Res publica restituta
  • 6 The Political Significance of Augustus’ Military Reforms
  • 7 The Administrative Reforms of Augustus: Pragmatism or Systematic Planning?
  • 8 Family and Inheritance in the Augustan Marriage Laws
  • 9 To Honour the Princeps and Venerate the Gods: Public Cult, Neighbourhood Cults, and Imperial Cult in Augustan Rome
  • PART III Images of Power and the Power of Images
  • Introduction to Part III: Images of Power and the Power of Images
  • 10 Monuments of the Battle of Actium: Propaganda and Response
  • 11 Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras
  • 12 Cybele, Virgil and Augustus
  • 13 Livy, Augustus, and the Forum Augustum
  • PART IV The Impact of Augustus in the Roman Provinces
  • Introduction to Part IV: The Impact of Augustus in the Roman Provinces
  • 14 Colonia Augusta Emerita, Capital of Lusitania
  • 15 The Cities of the Greek World under Augustus
  • Chronology
  • Glossary
  • Guide to Further Reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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