Author:
Lewis, Anne-Marie, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxvi, 538 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Nigidius Figulus and the Birth of a Future Dominus for the World: 63 BC -- Celestial Display and Cicero's Consular Year: 63-60 BC -- Celestial Venus, Caesar's Victories, and the Julian Calendar: 59-45 BC -- Cicero's Aratea and the Education of Octavius in the Fixed Constellations: 46-45 BC -- Theogenes of Apollonia and the Geniturae of Agrippa and Octavius: 45-44 BC -- Octavianus and the Sidus Crinitum of September: 44 BC -- Conflict, Alliance, and the Stella Comans: 44-42 BC -- Antonius, Octavianus, and the Egyptian Mathematicus: 39 BC -- Octavianus, Antonius, and the Banquet of the Twelve Gods: 38 BC -- From Naulochus to Actium: 37-31 BC -- Triumphs and Temples after the Battle of Actium: 30-28 BC -- A New Name for Octavianus and the Ludi Saeculares: 29-17 BC -- Deaths in the Family and the Ara Pacis Augustae: 16-0 BC -- Consolidation and Transition in the Final Years of Augustus' Rule: 8 BC-AD 14 -- The Death, Funeral, and Deification of Augustus: AD 14.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-523) and index.
Note:"Celestial Inclinations: A Life of Augustus provides a new perspective on the life and career of the first Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) and presents the case that Augustus used his knowledge of the celestial sphere in various ways to confirm for himself and convey to others that the heavens supported his activities on earth and his inevitable greatness. The book is based on fresh assessments of relevant ancient historical, literary, astronomical, astrological, and artistic sources for the years prior to and during the life of Augustus. The book combines these sources with astronomical sky maps and astrological diagrams to offer fresh interpretations of critical events in the life of Augustus at a time when the celestial sphere had come to play an important cultural and political role. Topics include the identification of the celestial object that appeared at the ludi in honor of Caesar in 44 B.C.; the Battle of Actium; the iconography of the Tellus Relief Panel on the Ara Pacis Augustae; the Ludi Saeculares; Augustus' major building projects in Rome; and Augustus' interactions with major figures of the period such as Cicero, Caesar, Agrippa, and Antonius."-- Provided by publisher.
