Augustus and the destruction of history

Augustus and the destruction of history
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Publisher : Cambridge Philological Society
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9780956838186
ISBN-13 : 0956838189
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Book Synopsis Augustus and the destruction of history by : Ingo Gildenhard

Download or read book Augustus and the destruction of history written by Ingo Gildenhard and published by Cambridge Philological Society. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augustus and the Destruction of History explores the intense controversies over the meaning and profile of the past that accompanied the violent transformation of the Roman Republic into the Augustan principate. The ten case studies collected here analyse how different authors and agents (individual and collective) developed specific conceptions of history and articulated them in a wide variety of textual and visual media to position themselves within the emergent (and evolving) new Augustan normal. The chapters consider both hegemonic and subaltern endeavours to reconfigure Roman memoria and pay special attention to power and polemics, chaos, crisis and contingency – not least to challenge some long-standing habits of thought about Augustus and his principate and its representation in historiographical discourse, ancient and modern. Some of the most iconic texts and monuments from ancient Rome receive fresh discussion here, including the Forum Romanum and the Forum of Augustus, Virgil’s Aeneid and the Fasti Capitolini.

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