The lost memoirs of Augustus and the development of Roman autobiography /
Smith, Christopher John,1965-
Powell, Anton.
Cornell, Tim.
Swansea, Wales : Classical Press of Wales,
2009.
Augustus' 'Memoirs', written probably in the mid 20s BC, might have been one of the most revealing texts of Roman history - had they survived. In this comprehensive study of the subject, a cast of internationally-respected scholars reconstructs aspects of the work, its importantance for historians, and its relations to Roman literary genre.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Augustus' 'Memoirs', written probably in the mid 20s BC, might have been one of the most revealing texts of Roman history - had they survived. In this comprehensive study of the subject, a cast of internationally-respected scholars reconstructs aspects of the work, its importantance for historians, and its relations to Roman literary genre.
The momoirs of Augustus : testimonia and fragments / Christopher Smith -- Cato the Elder and the origins of Roman autobiography / Tim Cornell -- Was there an ancient genre of 'autobiography'? : or, did Augustus know what he was doing? / Christopher Pelling -- Sulla's memoirs / Christopher Smith -- Felicitas and the memoirs of Sulla and Augustus / Alexander Thein -- Augustus, Sulla and the supernatural / T.P. Wiseman -- Divining a lost text / Mark Toher -- Cantabrian closure : Augustus' Spanish war and the ending of his memoirs / John Rich -- Augustus' age of apology : an analysis of the memoirs : and an argument for two further fragments / Anton Powell -- Alternative memoirs : tales from the 'other side' of the civil war / Kathryn Welch.
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.