Augustus and the family at the birth of the Roman Empire / Beth Severy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Severy, Beth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Rome--History.

Families.

Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this lively and detailed study, Beth Severy examines the relationship between the emergence of the Roman Empire and the status and role of this family in Roman society. The family is placed within the social and historical context of the transition from republic to empire, from Augustus' rise to sole power into the early reign of his successor Tiberius. Augustus and the Family at the Birth of the Roman Empire is an outstanding example of how, if we examine "private" issues such as those of family and gender, we gain a greater understanding of "public" concerns such as politics, religion and history. Discussing evidence from sculpture to cults and from monuments to military history, the book pursues the changing lines between public and private, family and state that gave shape to the Roman imperial system. In this lively and detailed study, Beth Severy examines the relationship between the emergence of the Roman Empire and the status and role of this family in Roman society. The family is placed within the social and historical context of the transition from republic to empire, from Augustus' rise to sole power into the early reign of his successor Tiberius. Augustus and the Family at the Birth of the Roman Empire is an outstanding example of how, if we examine "private" issues such as those of family and gender, we gain a greater understanding of "public" concerns such as politics, religion and history. Discussing evidence from sculpture to cults and from monuments to military history, the book pursues the changing lines between public and private, family and state that gave shape to the Roman imperial system.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION

chapter 1 Family and state in the late republic

chapter 2 Civil conflict and the postwar politics of restoration

Augustan experiments in image, order, and law

chapter 3 The family of Augustus, 25–12 B.C.E

chapter 4 The military

chapter 12 –7 B.C.E

Piety, patriotism, and the pater, 12–7

chapter 6 The familia of Augustus

chapter 7 The Pater Patriae and his family, 2B.C.E

chapter 8 Inheriting the res publica

Tiberius

chapter 9 The birth of the Roman empire.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-270) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-39182-X

1-134-39183-8

0-415-58891-X

1-280-02452-6

0-203-21143-X

9780203211434

OCLC:

54494275