SIDERA AUGUSTA: The Role of the Stars in Augustus' Quest for Supreme Auctoritas

Auctoritas was the foundation of Augustus' legitimacy, success, and survival in Roman politics. The necessary precondition of successfully founding political legitimacy upon auctoritas, however, was that Augustus' auctoritas had to be supreme. This thesis will show that one of the most imp...

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Main Author: CARSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J A
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5161