Publisher | OUP Oxford |
ISBN 13 | 9780198149354 |
ISBN 10 | 0198149352 |
Author | Geraldine Herbert-Brown |
Language | English |
Book Subtitle | An Historical Study |
Book Description | Despite the death of contemporary witnesses for the late Augustan and early Tiberian Principates, Ovid's Fasti has remained curiously neglected as an historical source for the period. The aim of this new research is to show that the poem of some five thousand lines on the Roman calendar, written and revised in the years between AD 4-16, provides students of the Augustan age with a wealth of information, both about the author himself, and about his cultural and political environment. The author discovers important new insights into the way in which Augustus and his family were incorporated into the ancient religion of the city of Rome, and reveals Ovid as a unique contemporary witness of th |
Edition Number | 1st Edition |
Publication Date | 23-Jul-16 |
Number of Pages | 264 |
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