Rome, the Augustan age
Subtitle: a source book
By: part 1 edited by Kitty Chisholm, part 2 edited by John Ferguson.
Contributors: Chisholm, Kitty.; Ferguson, John, 1921-1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press in association with the Open University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 708
Subjects: Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Description: This anthology is a compilation of primary sources in translation, covering Roman politics, art, literature, social history and philosophy. The sources have been carefully selected to provide the primary evidence for a detailed study of Rome and Augustus, founder of the Empire. Also included are sources for a more wide-ranging study of the development of Principate to Empire under Augustus' successors and for the development of Roman rule in the provinces of Gaul, Germany, Britain and Judaea.
Notes: "First published 1981, reprinted 1984, 1986, 1987."

Includes bibliographical references and index.