Augustan Rome (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472534262)

Written by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, one of the world's foremost scholars on Roman social and cultural history, this introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics and poetry, exploring in detail the impact of the new regime of government on society. Taking an interpretative approach, the ideas and environment manipulated by Augustus are explored, along with reactions to that manipulation. Emphasizing the role and impact of art and architecture of the time, and on Roman attitudes and values, Augustan Rome explains how the victory of Octavian at Actium transformed Rome and Roman life.

The second edition features a new introductory section on literary figures under Augustus, a final chapter on the reception of Augustus in later periods, updated references to recent scholarship, new figures and an expanded list of further reading.

This thought-provoking yet concise volume sets political changes in the context of their impact on Roman values, on the imaginative world of poetry, on the visual world of art, and on the fabric of the city of Rome.

Author: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
ISBN-10: 1472534263
ISBN-13: 9781472534262
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 02/08/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d