Augustus And The Destruction Of History

Author : Ingo Gildenhard,Ulrich Gotter,Wolfgang Havener,Louise Hodgson
Publisher : Cambridge Philological Society
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780956838186

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Augustus and the destruction of history by Ingo Gildenhard,Ulrich Gotter,Wolfgang Havener,Louise Hodgson Pdf

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.

Author : Ingo Gildenhard,Ulrich Gotter,Wolfgang Havener,Louise Lovelace Hodgson
Publisher : Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Historiography
ISBN : 0956838162

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Augustus and the Destruction of History by Ingo Gildenhard,Ulrich Gotter,Wolfgang Havener,Louise Lovelace Hodgson Pdf

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.

Author : Rodolfo Lanciani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Destruction of Ancient Rome by Rodolfo Lanciani Pdf

Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1812
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024518057

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The Roman history, from the foundation of the City of Rome, to the destruction of the Western Empire by Oliver Goldsmith Pdf

Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Rome
ISBN : NYPL:33433081558979

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The History of Rome, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire by Oliver Goldsmith Pdf

Author : Simon Baker
Publisher : Random House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409073888

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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by Simon Baker Pdf

This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid. From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history: the spectacular collapse of the 'free' republic, the birth of the age of the 'Caesars', the violent suppression of the strongest rebellion against Roman power, and the bloody civil war that launched Christianity as a world religion. At the heart of this account are the dynamic, complex but flawed characters of some of the most powerful rulers in history: men such as Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine. Putting flesh on the bones of these distant, legendary figures, Simon Baker looks beyond the dusty, toga-clad caricatures and explores their real motivations and ambitions, intrigues and rivalries. The superb narrative, full of energy and imagination, is a brilliant distillation of the latest scholarship and a wonderfully evocative account of Ancient Rome.

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600022930

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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith by Edward Gibbon Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004445086

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Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography by Anonim Pdf

Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography contains 11 articles on how the Ancient Roman historians used, and manipulated, the past. Key themes include the impact of autocracy, the nature of intertextuality, and the frontiers between history and other genres.

Author : Ronald Mellor
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781319241667

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Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire by Ronald Mellor Pdf

During his long reign of near-absolute power, Caesar Augustus established the Pax Romana, which gave Rome two hundred years of peace and social stability, and established an empire that would endure for five centuries and transform the history of Europe and the Mediterranean. Ronald Mellor offers a collection of primary sources featuring multiple viewpoints of the rise, achievements, and legacy of Augustus and his empire. His cogent introduction to the history of the Age of Augustus encourages students to examine such subjects as the military in war and peacetime, the social and cultural context of political change, the reform of administration, and the personality of the emperor himself. Document headnotes, a list of contemporary literary sources, a glossary of Greek and Latin terms, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.

Author : Peter Wings
Publisher : Story of Rome
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798201993030

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The Roman Empire by Peter Wings Pdf

Discover the story of the greatest empire in history. Peter Wings travels back into the age of Caesar. Stories of war and power that changed forever the future of years to come. From the conquest of the Mediterranean to the destruction of the Roman Empire by barbarian invaders, Peter Wings covers every single aspect in the Roman history. Prepare for a time travel. Prepare to meet Pompey, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Constantine and many personalities who changed the way we live.

Author : David Colin Arthur Shotter
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Ebook
ISBN : 0415319366

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Augustus Caesar by David Colin Arthur Shotter Pdf

In Augustus Caesar David Shotter places Augustus firmly in the context of his own times.

Author : Ronald Mellor
Publisher : Bedford/St. Martin's
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0312404697

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Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire by Ronald Mellor Pdf

During his long reign of near-absolute power, Caesar Augustus established the Pax Romana, which gave Rome two hundred years of peace and social stability, and established an empire that would endure for five centuries and transform the history of Europe and the Mediterranean. Ronald Mellor offers a collection of primary sources featuring multiple viewpoints of the rise, achievements, and legacy of Augustus and his empire. His cogent introduction to the history of the Age of Augustus encourages students to examine such subjects as the military in war and peacetime, the social and cultural context of political change, the reform of administration, and the personality of the emperor himself. Document headnotes, a list of contemporary literary sources, a glossary of Greek and Latin terms, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.

Author : John Benjamin Firth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1724021389

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Augustus Cæsar and the Organization of the Empire of Rome by John Benjamin Firth Pdf

Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor, was one of the most effective leaders the world has ever known. He knitted together the Roman world, east and west, into one great organisation of which the Emperor stood as the supreme head. He set his legions upon the distant frontiers and their swords formed a wall of steel within which commerce and peace might flourish. The security was not perpetual, yet it lasted for four centuries, and saved ancient civilisation from destruction. But for the Empire and the system inaugurated by Augustus, there is every probability that the Roman civilisation would have been as thoroughly wiped out in Gaul and Spain, as it was in northern Africa, and as the civilisation of Greece was blotted out in Asia Minor and Syria. We may regret the degeneration of Rome, its loss of freedom, the tyranny of the later Emperors, the civil wars which followed, and the decay of the old martial spirit in the Roman people. But the seeds of degeneration and decay had been planted in the days of the Republic, and would have come to maturity far sooner if there had been no Augustus and no Empire. Augustus started the Roman world on a new career. He made it realise its unity for the first time. That was his life-work, and its consequences are felt to this day. John B. Firth's work is brilliant study of this remarkable man and the empire that he forged. "attractive as well as scholarly ... will certainly be helpful to all who are interested in Augustus and his age." George Willis Botsford, The American Historical Review John Benjamin Firth was a British historian of the ancient world. One of his most famous works was his translation of the letters of the younger Pliny. Augustus Cæsar And The Organization Of The Empire Of Rome was first published in 1902 and Firth passed away in 1943.

Author : Peter Wings
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9783755770213

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Caesar Augustus: The History of the Man Behind the Roman Empire by Peter Wings Pdf

Caesar Augustus is the single man who had the most influence over the story of our world. Caesar was a strong personality. He's intriguing, intelligent, strategic, smart and ambitious. His life is full of drama, gambles, risks and success. A true leader of men. In this book we will discover the life of Caesar Augustus, his major accomplishments and the man behind the emperor. A truly unique biography.

Author : David Stone Potter
Publisher : Quercus Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000063603361

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Emperors of Rome by David Stone Potter Pdf

In 27 BC, after the tumultuous period of civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar, Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate and given the title 'Augustus'. This text charts the 500 years that followed the death of Caesar and eventual triumph of Augustus.