Goodman, PJ orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-0656 (2018) Twelve Augusti. The Journal of Roman Studies, 108. pp. 156-170. ISSN 0075-4358
Abstract
A rash of new festivals, a fashion for calendars and a renamed month all attest to the strength of anniversary culture in the Augustan era, and to Augustus’ own facility for capitalising upon it. We can safely assume that he would have understood, and perhaps even anticipated, that the bimillennium of his death might be commemorated. Whether he would quite have expected the exhibitions, conferences and publications with which twenty-first-century academics chose to mark it is perhaps another matter. This review article examines some of the scholarly fruits of Augustus’ 2014 anniversary, encompassing twelve books which were published that year, took it as an explicit prompt or were developed out of bimillennial conferences. They are tackled in three broad groups, the better to bring out the characteristic interests and approaches of each.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author 2018. This article has been published in a revised form in The Journal of Roman Studies, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435818000485, published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Humanities (Leeds) > Classics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2018 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2018 12:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0075435818000485 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131727 |