The Cambridge Companion To The Age Of Augustus

by Edited by Karl Galinsky

• ISBN13: 9780521003933
• ISBN10: 0521003938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC - AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. 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 shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of political and social history, religion, literature, and art and architecture. The sixteen essays, written by distinguished specialists from the United States and Europe, explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections between social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments. Introducing the reader to many of the central issues of the Age of Augustus, the essays also break new ground and will stimulate further research and discussion.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Color Plates	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(12)
Karl Galinsky
Part 1: Political History
Augustus and the Power of Tradition	13	(20)
Walter Eder
Augustus and the Making of the Principate	33	(22)
Erich S. Gruen
Part 2: Intellectual and Social Developments
Mutatas Formas: The Augustan Transformation of Roman Knowledge	55	(30)
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Romans in the Roman World	85	(21)
Nicholas Purcell
Provincial Perspectives	106	(24)
Greg Woolf
Women in the Time of Augustus	130	(21)
Susan Treggiari
Part 3: The Emperor's Impact
The Emperor as Impresario: Producing the Pageantry of Power	151	(24)
Richard Beacham
Augustus and Roman Religion: Continuity, Conservatism, and Innovation	175	(22)
John Scheid
Part 4: Art and the City
Semblance and Storytelling in Augustan Rome	197	(37)
Diana E. E. Kleiner
Making Rome a World City	234	(30)
Diane Favro
Augustan Domestic Interiors: Propaganda or Fashion?	264	(17)
John R. Clarke
Part 5: Augustan Literature
Learned Eyes: Poets, Viewers, Image Makers	281	(25)
Alessandro Barchiesi
Augustan Poetry and Augustanism	306	(15)
Jasper Griffin
Poets in the New Milieu: Realigning	321	(19)
Peter White
Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses as World Literature	340	(21)
Karl Galinsky
Part 6: Epilogue as Prologue
Herod and the Jewish Experience of Augustan Rule	361	(28)
L. Michael White
Select Bibliography and Works Cited	389	(12)
Index	401