Wallace - Hadrill Andrew (University Of Cambridge Uk)
Wallace - Hadrill Andrew (University Of Cambridge Uk) - Augustan Rome - Paperback
Wallace - Hadrill Andrew (University Of Cambridge Uk) - Augustan Rome - Paperback
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Description: 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.
Title: Augustan Rome
Author(s): Wallace - Hadrill Andrew (University Of Cambridge Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472534262
Pages: 176 Pages, 58 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 2/8/2018
Series: Classical World
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
Description: 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.
Title: Augustan Rome
Author(s): Wallace - Hadrill Andrew (University Of Cambridge Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472534262
Pages: 176 Pages, 58 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 2/8/2018
Series: Classical World
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
