Twelve Augusti
P. Goodman
A rash of new festivals, a fashion for calendars and renamed month all attest to the strength anniversary culture in Augustan era, Augustus’ own facility capitalising upon it. We can safely assume that he would have understood, perhaps even anticipated, bimillennium his death might be commemorated. Whether quite expected exhibitions, conferences publications with which twenty-first-century academics chose mark it is another matter. This review article examines some scholarly fruits 2014 anniversary, encompassing twelve books were published year, took as an explicit prompt or developed out bimillennial conferences. They are tackled three broad groups, better bring characteristic interests approaches each.
Journal of Roman Studies