The establishment of the Augustan regime presents itself as the assertion of order and rationality in the political, ideological, and artistic spheres, after th

Interprets the works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, an important critic and historian in Rome, in a range of contexts.

"This commentary pays close critical attention to Dio's historical sources, methods, and assumptions as it also strives to present him as a figure in his own ri

This collection of essays examines the presence of what might be seen as an unclassical love of paradox and the marvellous in the literature and art of Augustan

Augustus did not mean to become the “Founder of the Roman Empire”. We only say this to make sense of what happened later. At the time, there were indeed sus