Domitian's Rome and the Augustan legacy / edited by Raymond Marks and Marcello Mogetta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marks, Raymond, editor.

Mogetta, Marcello, editor.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D--Influence.

Augustus.

Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96.

Domitian.

Rome--History--Domitian, 81-96.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The legacy of the Roman emperor Augustus and the culture of his age was profound and immediately evident after his death in 14 CE. His first four successors based their claims to rule on kinship with him, thus establishing the Julio-Claudian dynasty (14-68 CE), and plied an evolving form of the Principate, the political arrangement Augustus carved out for himself. His building and restoration programs gave the city an "Augustan" appearance that remained relatively unchanged throughout subsequent reigns. And, among literary luminaries of his age, figures such as Horace and Ovid left an indelible mark on the poetic practices of future generations while Virgil insinuated himself still more deeply into the Roman psyche. But it was after the reigns of Augustus' own descendants, oddly enough, that we witness the most spirited and thoroughgoing engagement with the Augustan past; during the reign of the emperor Domitian, the third and last ruler of the subsequent Flavian dynasty (81-96 CE), there was a veritable Augustan renaissance. This volume represents the first book-length treatment of the reception of Augustus and his age during the reign of Domitian. Its thirteen chapters, authored by an international group of scholars, offer readers a glimpse into the fascinating history and culture of Domitian's Rome and its multifaceted engagement with the Augustan past. Combining material and literary cultural approaches and covering a diverse range of topics-art, architecture, literature, history, law-the studies in this volume capture the rich complexity of the Augustan legacy in Domitian's Rome while also revising our understanding of Domitian's own legacy. Far from being the cruel tyrant history has made him out to be, Domitian emerges as a studious, thoughtful cultivator of the Augustan past who helped shape an age that not only took inspiration from that past, but managed to rival it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Urban Narratives

1. Assemblages and Appropriation of Augustan Art and Topography in Flavian Rome / Diane Atnally Conlin

2. Domitian and the Augustan Altars / Megan Goldman-Petri

3. Legacy Revisited: Augustus and Domitian in the Imperial Fora and the Roman Forum / Daira Nocera

pt. II Gods and Models

4. Identifying Demigods: Augustus, Domitian, and Hercules / Claire Stocks

5. Arachne and Lucretia: A Domitianic Perspective? / Emma Buckley

pt. III From Nero to Augustus

6. Looking Back When Foretelling the Future: Panegyric Prophecies in Augustan, Neronian, and Domitianic Poetry / Lisa Cordes

7. Parce, Pater: Martial's "Augustan" Commentary on Domitianic Rome in Epigram 5.7 / Virginia M. Closs

8. The Return of Jupiter: Aeneid 1, Punica 1, and Silius' Post-Lucanian Theology / Ludovico Pontiggia

pt. IV Poetic Journeys

9. Revisiting Ovid's House of Somnus in Statius' Thebaid / Emma Scioli

10. Quid Restat Profugis? "Victorious Exile" in Silius Italicus' Punica / Clayton Schroer

11. Augustan to the End: Poetry, Politics, and Memory in Statius' Silvae Book 4 / Jean-Michel Hulls

pt. V History and Reception

12. An Ambiguous Attitude: Augustus' and Domitian's Policies toward Senators and Freedmen / Egidio Incelli

13. Domitian's Aftermath: Nerva's Rome and the Augustan Legacy in Sculpture and Coinage / Nathan T. Elkins.

Notes:

Inludes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Domitian's rome and the augustan legacy

ISBN:

9780472132676

0472132679

OCLC:

1199329671

Publisher Number:

99988795897