The Age of Augustus
This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts on the Age of Augustus (31 BC-AD 14), with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, coin legends and extracts from legal texts, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.
- Includes a generous selection of texts in new translations to give the student quick and convenient access to the primary sources needed for their study of the Age of Augustus
- This volume includes maps, illustrations, a glossary and introductory notes to help the student better understand the sources
- Written and reviewed by experienced teachers at schools and universities to ensure it provides exactly what students of ancient history require
Product details
July 2023Paperback
9781009382892
417 pages
244 × 170 × 22 mm
0.73kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. By Sources:
- 1. Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- 2. List of consuls, 31 BC to AD 14
- 3. The calendars
- 4. Livy
- 5. Velleius Paterculus
- 6. Tacitus
- 7. Augustan poetry
- Part II. By Themes:
- 8. Triumvate to principate
- 9. Imperial family
- 10. Rome and Italy
- 11. Religion
- 12. Administration of empire
- 13. War and expansion
- 14. Conspiracies, scandals, free speech
- 15. Maecenas and the arts
- 16. Social legislation
- 17. Augustan society.