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1 online resource (iv, 164 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
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text file |
| Series |
Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 36
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 36.
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Previous edition issued in print: 2018. |
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Conference proceedings. |
| Summary |
This volume contains proceedings from the conference 'AUGUSTUS. 23 September 63 BC - 19 August 14 AD - 2000 years of divinity' held in Kakow, 2014. Papers deal with a variety of topics ranging from architecture, urban issues and painting to fine art represented by glyptics and numismatics. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
| Note |
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Contents |
Preface; IMP XV/SICIL -- The debate over the Augustus golden quaternion of Pompeii -- Katarzyna Balbuza; Propaganda of victory in iconography on gems from Novae -- Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner; An attempt at identifying the location of the ancient agora in Chersonesus Taurica -- Andrzej B. Biernacki and Elena Klenina; Changes in the urban layout and architecture of the ancient town in Marina el-Alamein at the turn of eras -- Rafał Czerner; The Augustan inspirations for the decoration of the chimney place in the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace in Warsaw. presented to mark the occasion of the University of Warsaw bicentennial -- Piotr Dyczek; Octavian/Augustus's propaganda messages encoded on ancient engraved gems from the Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński collection -- Paweł Gołyźniak; Capricorn and the star: the astrological symbols of Augustus -- Szymon Jellonek; Between greatness and divinity. Augustus in ancient tradition and medieval legend -- Agata A. Kluczek; Octavian in Egypt. Propaganda and graffiti -- Adam Łukaszewicz; The villa of Livia on the Via Flaminia and its restoration at the bimillenarius of Augustus (2014) -- Marina Piranomonte; Plundered art in the galleries of Augustan Rome -- Tomasz Polański; Residential villas in Italy in the Augustan age: the case-study of the Sabina Tiberina -- Carla Sfameni; Augustus and Cyrenaica -- Jerzy Żelazowski. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Congresses.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. |
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Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Congresses.
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30 B.C.-14 A.D. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bakowska-Czerner, Grazyna, editor.
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Bodzek, Jarosław, editor.
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Muzeum im. Emeryka Hutten-Czapskiego, host institution.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784917807 |
| ISBN |
1784917818 |
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9781784917814 (electronic book) |
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9781784917807 |
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178491780X |
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