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Augustan Egypt : the creation of a Roman province
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ISBN: 0415972175 Year: 2005 Volume: 13 Publisher: London ; New York Routledge


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Augustus : introduction to the life of an emperor
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ISBN: 9780521767972 9780521744423 0521767970 0521744423 9781139045575 1139507885 1107225167 1139517414 9786613685438 1139045571 1139514849 1139513915 1139516493 1139518348 1280775041 9781139518345 9781139514842 9781139516495 9781139514842 9781139507882 9781107225169 9781280775048 6613685437 9781139517416 9781139513913 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Augustus, Rome's first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. He chronicles the mosaic of vicissitudes, challenges, setbacks and successes that shaped Augustus' life, both public and private. How did he use his power? How did he manage to keep re-inventing himself? What kind of man was he? A transformative leader, Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world. No one would have expected such vast achievements from the frail and little-known eighteen-year-old who became Caesar's heir amid turmoil and crisis. A mere thirteen years later, after defeating Antony and Cleopatra, he had, in his words, 'power over all things'.

Arguments of Augustan wit
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ISBN: 0521411203 0521044553 113908576X 0511553544 Year: 1991 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Comic and satiric literature from the 1670s to the 1740s is characterized by the allusive and elusive word play of Augustan wit. The arguments of Augustan wit reveal preoccupations with the metaphorical dimension of language so distrusted by Locke and others who saw it as fundamentally opposed to the rational mode of judgement. John Sitter makes a challenging claim for the importance of wit in the writings of Dryden, Rochester, Prior, Berkeley, Gay, Pope and Swift, as an analytic mode as well as one of stylistic sophistication. He argues that wit - often regarded by modern critics as a quaint category of verbal cleverness - in fact offers to literary theory a legacy corrective of Romantic and neo-Romantic idealizations of imagination. This study aims at once to emphasize the historical specificity of Augustan writing, and to bring its arguments into dialogue with those of our time.


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The age of Augustus
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ISBN: 1009382888 1009382926 1009382896 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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One of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.

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