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Acculturation --- Rome --- History --- Civilization --- Provinces --- Administration --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

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Augustus, --- Rome --- History --- Historiography --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Rome - History - Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Rome - History - Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. - Historiography

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Livia (58 B.C.-A.D. 29)-the wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been portrayed as a cunning and sinister schemer, but in this biography (the first in English devoted to her) Livia emerges as a much more complex individual. Achieving influence unprecedented for a woman, she won support and even affection from her contemporaries and was widely revered after her death. Anthony A. Barrett, author of acclaimed biographies of Caligula and Agrippina, here examines Livia's life and her role in Roman politics. He recounts the events of her life, from her early days as a member of the wealthy and powerful Claudian family through her final conflicts with the new Emperor Tiberius. Barrett also considers how Livia helped shape the pattern of Roman government that prevailed for the next four centuries.

Empresses --- Livia, --- Augusta, --- Julia Augusta, --- Livia Drusilla, --- Rome --- History --- Biography --- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Livia

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Mécène, descendant des rois étrusques, ami du premier empereur, Auguste, et personnalité phare de la fin de la République romaine et de l'Empire naissant, demeure aujourd’hui encore une figure méconnue. Tout à la fois diplomate, conseiller d’Octavien/Auguste et même, durant un temps, responsable du gouvernement de Rome et de l’Italie, il a joué un rôle majeur dans l’émergence d’un régime d’essence monarchique. Cet engagement politique lui a valu, de la part de ses adversaires sénateurs (et, plus tard, de Sénèque), un portrait noir. Son adhésion à l’épicurisme, notamment, fut instrumentalisée afin de décrédibiliser un chevalier qui jamais n’aurait dû revêtir les responsabilités qui furent les siennes au sein de l’État romain. C’est toutefois essentiellement en tant que protecteur des poètes, Virgile, Horace et Properce en particulier, que Mécène a laissé son nom à la postérité. Très vite, il a symbolisé l’âge d’or du patronage littéraire. Sous son égide, certaines des oeuvres majeures de la littérature latine ont vu le jour, l’Énéide en premier lieu. Il a été l’un des fers de lance d’une politique culturelle visant à donner à Rome une littérature capable de rivaliser avec celle du monde grec. Personnalité singulière ayant tout à la fois le goût de l’ombre et celui de la provocation, figure centrale d’un cercle épicurien qui servit sans doute en partie de thérapie à sa nature inquiète, Mécène est une figure hors norme de l’histoire de Rome. Résultat de cinq années de recherche, cette biographie renouvelle le portrait de Mécène, éclairant tout à la fois son action politique, son oeuvre de protecteur des lettres latines et les singularités d’un personnage peu orthodoxe, controversé et souvent incompris.

Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius, --- Rome --- History --- Histoire --- Mécène --- Critique et interprétation. --- Rome - History - Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

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Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 B.C. to A.D. 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. Although much research has been done on individual facets of Augustan culture, Karl Galinsky's book is the first in decades to present a unified overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Weaving analysis and narrative throughout a richly illustrated text, Galinsky provides not only an enjoyable account of the major ideas of the age, but also an interpretation of the creative tensions and contradictions that made for its vitality and influence. Galinsky draws on source material ranging from coins and inscriptions to the major works of poetry and art, and challenges the schematic concepts and dichotomies that have commonly been applied to Augustan culture. He demonstrates that this culture was neither monolithic nor the mere result of one man's will. Instead it was a nuanced process of evolution and experimentation. Augustan culture had many contributors, as Galinsky demonstrates, and their dynamic interactions resulted in a high point of creativity and complexity that explains the transcendence of the Augustan age. Far from being static, its sophisticated literary and artistic monuments call for the active response and involvement of the reader and viewer even today.

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