Augustan Culture by Karl Galinsky
An Interpretive Introduction
A synthetic overview of the cultural transformation of Rome under Augustus, showing how politics, religion, art, architecture, and literature were coordinated to legitimize the new regime and articulate ideals of renewal, order, and Roman identity. It examines monuments like the Ara Pacis and the Forum of Augustus alongside texts by Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy, emphasizing themes of time, memory, morality, and exempla. Arguing for a pluralistic, negotiated cultural program rather than monolithic propaganda, it traces the dynamic interplay between tradition and innovation and assesses the enduring impact of these strategies on later Roman and Western thought.
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- 1996
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