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The power of images in the Age of Augustus
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The power of images in the Age of Augustus

Author: Paul Zanker
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1988.
Series: Jerome lectures, 16th ser.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Augustus, Emperor of Rome; Auguste, empereur romain; Augustus, Emperor of Rome
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Zanker
ISBN: 0472101013 : 9780472101016 0472081241 9780472081240
OCLC Number: 18069543
Description: vii, 385 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Conflict and contradiction in the imagery of the dying republic -- Rival images: Octavian, Antony, and the struggle for sole power -- The great turning point: intimations of a new imperial style -- The Augustan program of cultural renewal -- The mythical foundations of the the new Rome -- Form and meaning of the new mythology -- The new imagery in the private sphere -- The Roman empire of Augustus: imperial myth and cult in east and west.
Series Title: Jerome lectures, 16th ser.
Responsibility: Paul Zanker ; translated by Alan Shapiro.

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