Lamp, Kathleen S.

A city of marble : the rhetoric of Augustan Rome / Kathleen S. Lamp. - 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in rhetoric/communication .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A city of brick -- Augustus's rhetorical situation -- Seeing rhetorical theory -- The Augustan political myth -- Let us now praise great men -- Coins, material rhetoric, and circulation -- The Augustan political myth in vernacular art -- (Freed)men and monkeys -- Conclusion: a new narrative.

9781611173369


Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.


Rhetoric, Ancient.
Latin literature--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PA6085 / .L36 2013

808/.0471