Teacher
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MARCONE ARNALDO
(syllabus)
This course offers a study of the society, culture and religion of the Principate of Augustus and of its evolution. Students will read the ancient biographical account of this emperor by Suetonius and they will become familiar with the genre of ancient biography as a form of historical evidence. Other forms of evidence such as literature, epigraphy, and numismatics will also be used.
(reference books)
Svetonio- Vita di Augusto (any edition) Augusto- Res Gestae- I miei Atti (a cura di P. Arena), Edipuglia Bari 2014. A. Marcone- Augusto, Salerno Editrice, Roma 2015 P. Zanker- Augusto e il potere delle immagini, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2009 (o altra edizione). For students not attending the classes F. Guidetti, L'Impero romano in 100 date, Dalla Porta, Pisa 2016
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