Augustus did not mean to become the “Founder of the Roman Empire”. We only say this to make sense of what happened later. At the time, there were indeed sus

R. E. Smith attempts to explain and interpret the failure of the Roman Republic in the first century BC.

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores the intense controversies over the meaning and profile of the past that accompanied the violent transformation

Explores the dynamic interactions among Latin poets, artists, and audiences in constructing and critiquing imperial power in Augustan Rome.

This volume explores the interrelationship of the literature, monuments, and urban landscape of Augustan Rome. Targeting scholars of both literature and materia