Actium And Augustus: The Politics And Emotions Of Civil War; Author: Gurval, Robert Alan; Paperback

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Actium And Augustus: The Politics And Emotions Of Civil War

Author: Gurval, Robert Alan
Paperback; 60 Photographs
270 pages
Published: July 1998
University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472084895

On 2 September 31 B.C.E., the heir of Julius Caesar defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra in a naval engagement at Actium. Despite the varied judgments this battle received in antiquity, common opinion held that Actium marked the start of a new era, a turning point in Roman history and, indeed, in Western civilization.Actium and Augustus marks a turning point as well. Robert Alan Gurval's unusual approach is to examine contemporary views of the battle and its immediate political and social consequences. He starts with a consideration of the official celebration and public commemoration of the Actian victory and then moves on to other questions. What were the Actian monuments that Octavian erected on the battle site and later in Rome? What role did the Actian victory pl

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