CONCLUSIONS au colloque international «Augustus through the Ages: receptions, readings and appropriations of the historical figure of the first Roman emperor » Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, en collaboration avec la KBR, l’ULB et l’FNRS ; Bruxelles, Royal Sky Room 2, http://www.uclouvain.be/478582.html

In 2014, many academic institutions and museums will celebrate the bi-millennial of the death of Augustus with colloquiums, exhibitions and publications. The life, the political ingenuity, and the era of the founder of the Roman Empire have not been honoured or discussed in this manner since 1937-1938, when an exhibition, the Mostra augustea della Romanità, at the instigation of the Fascist regime, celebrated the two-thousandth anniversary of the birth of the Emperor. Yet the outcome of the re-examinations in 2014 will not be complete if emphasis is not put on the enduring fame and fortune he experienced in the West, for this renowned figure created an empire which united, for the first time, the Mediterranean with the regions north of the Alps. The importance of this personage throughout our recorded cultural history makes a multidisciplinary approach essential. It is therefore, as diverse field and period specialists, that we wish to invite our Belgian and foreign university colleagues to bring together their skills and knowledge - in the distinct fields of history, cultural history, literature, art history, semiotics, etc. - to retrace the multiple interpretations and appropriations of Augustus from his death to the present days