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23990 results in Ancient history

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  • 6 - Coins and Daily Life

  • Clare Rowan, University of Warwick
  • Book:
    From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14)
    Published online:
    03 October 2018
    Print publication:
    25 October 2018, pp 170-188

  • Summary

    This chapter summarises what archaeological context can add to our understanding of coinage and its use in 49 BC-AD 14. Coin finds from military camps along the northern frontier are discussed, as are the coins found at Kalkriese, the site where Varus lost the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. The mutilation of coins in political and ritual contexts is explored, as is the role of coins in temple economies more generally. In addition to official issues, there were also others types of coinage in use in the Roman world, and this chapter highlights the existence of 'pseudo-mints' at Pompeii and Minturnae, and the continued use of older currency in Corinth, North Africa and Egypt. The social uses of money is also introduced, including the role of coins in New Year's festivities in the Roman world.

  • 2 - Competition, Legitimacy and Civil War (49–44 BC)

  • Clare Rowan, University of Warwick
  • Book:
    From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14)
    Published online:
    03 October 2018
    Print publication:
    25 October 2018, pp 23-56

  • Summary

    A discussion of the coinage struck by Julius Caesar after he crossed the Rubicon and before his assassination. The Gallic Wars, Venus and the accumulation of Caesar's titles form the focus of this discussion. The issues of Caesar's opponents (Scipio Metellus in Africa, and the sons of Pompey in Spain) are also explored in detail. An exploration of the reception of Caesar's ideology in the provinces is also provided, demonstrating the visual and ideological dialogue that took place on coins in this period.

  • 5 - Representing the Augustan Principate (31 BC–AD 14)

  • Clare Rowan, University of Warwick
  • Book:
    From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14)
    Published online:
    03 October 2018
    Print publication:
    25 October 2018, pp 117-169

  • Summary

    An analysis of coinage of the principate. The divine nature of the ideology used by Octavian before and after Actium is demonstrated. This is followed by a shift to more sobre imagery, in which Octavian is presented as the 'first man' (princeps) among the Senate, and as restorer of the Republic. The accumulation of the honours provided to Augustus by the senate and people of Rome is explored. Augustus' building programme also receives a discrete subsection. The role of coins in the saecular games of 17 BC is detailed. Close analysis of the coins struck outside of Rome highlight the problem of distinguishing between imperial and provincial coinage in this period, and demonstrate how provincials actively interacted with and enhanced Augustan messages. The role of coinage in communicating the problem of succession is demonstrated. The chapter ends with an exploration of how Augustus' image continues to have a presence in the reign of Tiberius.

Herodotus: Histories Book V
  • Herodotus
  • Edited by Simon Hornblower
  • Published online:
    16 October 2018
    Print publication:
    12 December 2013
  • One of the most important works of history in Western literature, by the freshest and liveliest of all classical Greek prose authors, Herodotus's Histories is also a key text for the study of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Covering a central and widely studied period of Greek history, Book V not only describes the revolt of the east Greeks against their Persian masters, which led to the great Persian Wars of 490–479 BC, but also provides fascinating material about the mainland Greek states in the sixth century BC. This is an up-to-date edition of and commentary on the Greek text of the book, providing extensive help with the Greek, basic historical information and clear maps, as well as lucid and insightful historical and literary interpretation of the text. The volume is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, teachers and scholars.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome
  • Rhetoric, Criticism and Historiography
  • Edited by Richard Hunter, Casper C. de Jonge
  • Published online:
    12 October 2018
    Print publication:
    01 November 2018
  • The Greek author Dionysius of Halicarnassus came to Rome in 30/29 BC. He learnt Latin, developed a network of students, patrons and colleagues, and started to teach rhetoric. He published a history of early Rome (Roman Antiquities), and essays on rhetoric and literary criticism, including On the Ancient Orators, On Composition, and several letters. This volume examines how Dionysius' critical and rhetorical works are connected with his history of Rome, and the complex ways in which both components of this dual project - rhetorical criticism and historiography - fit into the social, intellectual, literary, cultural and political world of Rome under Augustus. How does Dionysius' interpretation of the earliest Romans resonate with the political reality of the Principate? And how do his views relate to those of Cicero, Livy and Horace? This volume casts new light on ancient rhetoric, literary criticism, historiography and the literary culture of Augustan Rome.

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