Karl Galinsky (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

Herausgegeben von Galinsky, Karl

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC â AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of the period.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9780521003933
• ISBN-10: 0521003938
• Artikelnr.: 15102867

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Political History: 1. Augustus and the power of tradition Walter Eder; 2. Augustus and the making of the principate Erich Gruen; Part II. Intellectual and Social Developments: 3. Mutatas formas: the Augustan transformation of Roman knowledge Andrew Wallace-Hadrill; 4. Romans in the Roman world Nicholas Purcell; 5. Provincial perspectives Greg Woolf; 6. Women in the time of Augustus Susan Treggiari; Part III. The Emperor's Impact: 7. The Emperor as impresario Richard Beacham; 8. Augustus and Roman religion John Scheid; Part IV. Art and the City: 9. Semblance and storytelling in Augustan Rome Diana Kleiner; 10. Making Rome a world city Diane Favro; 11. Augustan domestic interiors John Clarke; Part V. Augustan Literature: 12. Learned eyes Alessandro Barchiesi; 13. Augustan poetry and Augustanism Jasper Griffin; 14. Poets in the new milieu Peter White; 15. Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses as world literature Karl Galinsky; Part VI. Epilogue as Prologue: 16. Herod and the Jewish experience of Augustan rule Michael White.

Rezensionen

'Galinsky's editing of the volume is to be largely commended. All the essays are clear and written in an engaging style.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review