Res publica constituta : Actium, Apollo, and the accomplishment of the triumviral assignment / / by Carsten Hjort Lange.

• Author: Lange, Carsten Hjort.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Impact of Empire 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Introduction /; Chapter One. The Triumvirate /; Chapter Two. Approach To War /; Chapter Three. Decisive Conflict(s) /; Chapter Four. Onsite Commemorations Of The Battle Of Actium /; Chapter Five. Waiting For Caesar /; Chapter Six. Res Publica Constituta /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index.
• ISBN: 128260287X; 9786612602870; 9047428463
• ISSN: 1572-0500
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Carsten Hjort Lange.

The years surrounding the decisive battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the various measures undertaken by the victor Augustus to create and legitimate a new system of government in Rome are among the most discussed aspects of Roman history. This book re-evaluates Augustus' rise to power, first as triumvir along with Antonius and Lepidus, and then as sole ruler, focusing particularly on the part played by propaganda and ideological claims. Augustus is shown to have acknowledged the Actium war as a civil as well as an external war, and the commemorations of the battle at the site and in Rome are re-assessed, along with the role ascribed to Apollo in the victory. The celebrated settlement of 28-27 BC is shown to have constituted the accomplishment of the triumviral assignment.