The Augustan AristocracyWhile the monarchy established by Caesar Augustus has attracted much scholarly attention, far less has been said about the reemergence of the old nobility at that time after years of civil war. One clear reason for this has been the lack of reliable evidence from the period. This book goes backward to the early years of the 1st century B.C. and forward to the reign of Nero in search of documentation of the Augustan aristocracy. Syme draws particularly on the Annals of Tacitus to cover 150 years in the history of Roman families, chronicling their splendor and success, as well as their subsequent fall within the embrace of the dynasty. |
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... Iullus Antonius , who passed away at Massilia in the obscurity of a private station . The Senate decreed that the remains of L. Antonius should be admitted to the Mausoleum of Augustus . These notices are normally arranged in pairs and ...
... Iullus Antonius , who passed away at Massilia in the obscurity of a private station . The Senate decreed that the remains of L. Antonius should be admitted to the Mausoleum of Augustus . These notices are normally arranged in pairs and ...
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... Iullus Antonius.15 Her identity emerges from two notices about the fate of her second husband . Iullus , so Velleius says , had been honoured by Augustus ' matrimonio sororis suae filiae ' ; and Tacitus , recording the decease at ...
... Iullus Antonius.15 Her identity emerges from two notices about the fate of her second husband . Iullus , so Velleius says , had been honoured by Augustus ' matrimonio sororis suae filiae ' ; and Tacitus , recording the decease at ...
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... Iullus Antonius opens with a splendid evocation of Pindar . Modest by contrast are the efforts of Horace . Iullus is a poet and he will celebrate in proper majesty Caesar and a triumph over the Sugambri ( 2.33 ff . ) . The German tribe ...
... Iullus Antonius opens with a splendid evocation of Pindar . Modest by contrast are the efforts of Horace . Iullus is a poet and he will celebrate in proper majesty Caesar and a triumph over the Sugambri ( 2.33 ff . ) . The German tribe ...
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The Nobilitas | 1 |
The Hazards of Life | 15 |
Nobiles in Eclipse | 32 |
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