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Augustus: image and substance/

Main Author: Levick, Barbara
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England ; New York: Longman, c2010
Subjects:
Augustus > 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Augustus > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > Psychology
Augustus > 63 B.C.-14 A.D > Influence
Emperors > Biography > Rome
Political leadership > Case studies > Rome
Rome > Kings and rulers
Rome > History > Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Rome > Politics and government > 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology
  • Introduction: The enigma
  • Octavian: heir of an autocrat
  • Augustus: political evolution
  • Techniques of management and the feel-good factor
  • Opposition and discontent
  • The self-presentation of a monarch
  • Augustus in art and literature
  • Unmasking a god.

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