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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2018
      October 2018
      ISBN:
      9781108525152
      9781108422659
      9781108435635
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525152
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 314 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 318 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Classical Art and Architecture
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    Augustus' success in implementing monarchical rule at Rome is often attributed to innovations in the symbolic language of power, from the star marking Julius Caesar's deification to buildings like the Palatine complex and the Forum Augustum to rituals including triumphs and funerals. This book illuminates Roman subjects' vital role in creating and critiquing these images, in keeping with the Augustan poets' sustained exploration of audiences' active part in constructing verbal and visual meaning. From Vergil to Ovid, these poets publicly interpret, debate, and disrupt Rome's evolving political iconography, reclaiming it as the common property of an imagined republic of readers. In showing how these poets used reading as a metaphor for the mutual constitution of Augustan authority and a means of exercising interpretive libertas under the principate, this book offers a holistic new vision of Roman imperial power and its representation that will stimulate scholars and students alike.

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    • Chapter 1 - The Mutual Constitution of Augustus
      pp 1-34
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