International audienceThe success of the sumptuous exhibition “Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome...”, which was organised in Paris in 2014 for the bi-millennium of the princeps’ death, shows that Octavian-Augustus, who founded the principate while defending the cause of liberty and res publica, is still nowadays fascinating people. Yet, concurrently with the official iconography, literature gives valued testimonies on the political, legal, moral, social, and cultural ambivalence which depicts the prince’s action and the set up of the new regime. But, even if they have been lucid witnesses of their time, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Livy, and the other writers played also a crucial part in the renewing of artistic forms and in the drawing up of a new ...
The princeps became an unavoidable figure as early as Augustus, but one whose legitimacy and authori...
International audienceWhen we read both Claudian’s panegyric for the 4th and the 6th consulship of H...
If Augustus claims to be, as it is well-known, a new Romulus, he has also tried to set up his action...
International audienceThe success of the sumptuous exhibition “Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome...”, w...
International audienceThe success of the sumptuous exhibition “Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome...”, w...
Auguste est une des grandes figures de l’Antiquité par un règne long, fondateur d’un nouveau régime,...
Historical reliefs during the reign of Augustus While establishing his monarchy, Augustus made use...
The triumph was the most prestigious accolade a politician and general could receive in republican R...
Cette conférence s’intéressera aux quinze premières années de la carrière politique du futur Auguste...
Avec l'avènement du prince en 27 av. J.-C. s'ouvre à Rome ce qu'on appelle le siècle d'Auguste et qu...
Proclaiming the empire : interplay and issues at stake in Historia Augusta. Constituted on a reperto...
With the accession of the princeps in 27 BC, begins in Rome the "Age of Augustus" - a period of poli...
La restauration par Auguste de la collégialité à la tête de l'État ne constitue pas le moindre des p...
En 27 avant notre ère, Rome inaugure officiellement le Principat, symbole du retour à une paix qui l...
In 2014, many academic institutions and museums will celebrate the bi-millennial of the death of Aug...
The princeps became an unavoidable figure as early as Augustus, but one whose legitimacy and authori...
International audienceWhen we read both Claudian’s panegyric for the 4th and the 6th consulship of H...
If Augustus claims to be, as it is well-known, a new Romulus, he has also tried to set up his action...
International audienceThe success of the sumptuous exhibition “Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome...”, w...
International audienceThe success of the sumptuous exhibition “Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome...”, w...
Auguste est une des grandes figures de l’Antiquité par un règne long, fondateur d’un nouveau régime,...
Historical reliefs during the reign of Augustus While establishing his monarchy, Augustus made use...
The triumph was the most prestigious accolade a politician and general could receive in republican R...
Cette conférence s’intéressera aux quinze premières années de la carrière politique du futur Auguste...
Avec l'avènement du prince en 27 av. J.-C. s'ouvre à Rome ce qu'on appelle le siècle d'Auguste et qu...
Proclaiming the empire : interplay and issues at stake in Historia Augusta. Constituted on a reperto...
With the accession of the princeps in 27 BC, begins in Rome the "Age of Augustus" - a period of poli...
La restauration par Auguste de la collégialité à la tête de l'État ne constitue pas le moindre des p...
En 27 avant notre ère, Rome inaugure officiellement le Principat, symbole du retour à une paix qui l...
In 2014, many academic institutions and museums will celebrate the bi-millennial of the death of Aug...
The princeps became an unavoidable figure as early as Augustus, but one whose legitimacy and authori...
International audienceWhen we read both Claudian’s panegyric for the 4th and the 6th consulship of H...
If Augustus claims to be, as it is well-known, a new Romulus, he has also tried to set up his action...