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.