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Imperium and cosmos [electronic resource] : Augustus and the northern Campus Martius / Paul Rehak ; edited by John G. Younger.

By: Rehak, Paul.
Contributor(s): Younger, John G. (John Grimes), 1945- | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Wisconsin studies in classics: Publisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006Description: xxiv, 222 p., [33] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.Subject(s): Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Monuments | Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Cult | Architecture -- Political aspects -- Rome | Power (Social sciences) -- Rome | Emperor worship -- Rome | Campo Marzio (Rome, Italy) | Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D | Rome (Italy) -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 937/.07 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. Brick into marble: metaphor and reality -- 2. Field of dreams: the Campus Martius -- 3. Last things first: Ustrinum and Mausoleum -- 4. Visualizing the invisible: the Horologium-Solarium -- 5. Gateway to history: the Ara Pacis Augustae -- 6. Imperium and cosmos.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-193) and indexes.

1. Brick into marble: metaphor and reality -- 2. Field of dreams: the Campus Martius -- 3. Last things first: Ustrinum and Mausoleum -- 4. Visualizing the invisible: the Horologium-Solarium -- 5. Gateway to history: the Ara Pacis Augustae -- 6. Imperium and cosmos.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.