Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will consider the period in Roman history between 31 BC and 14 AD, when the emperor Augustus restored stability to the Roman world, oversaw the expansion of the empire, and rebuilt Rome as a capital city. The Age of Augustus witnessed an unparalleled flowering in the literary arts and a revolution in art and architecture whose legacy persists to this day. We will examine in detail the political events and cultural life of this vital time, paying particular attention to the continuity between the late Republic and the Augustan period, Augustus' construction of his public identity, imperial and non-imperial patronage in poetry and the visual arts, and the role of literature, art, and architecture in the formation of Augustan ideology in Rome and in the provinces. The course offers a thorough picture of one of the most significant, yet in some ways most elusive, periods in antiquity. Cross-list: CLAS 320.