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

Augustus' success in implementing monarchical rule at Rome is often attributed to innovations in the symbolic language of power, from the star marking Julius Ca

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

A comprehensive treatment of the reflections by Augustan poets on Apollo as an imperial icon.

This ambitious book investigates a major yet underexplored nexus of themes in Roman cultural history: the evolving tropes of enclosure, retreat and compressed s