CLASC-206 Augustus and the Beginning of Empire

Cleopatra and Antony have been defeated. Rome as a republic has ended. Now Rome embarks on a new phase of its history under Octavian Augustus. This course examines the "Golden" age of Rome when it was no longer a republic but not quite an empire. We will explore literary and artistic achievements which developed to support Augustus’s agenda and cemented the Julio-Claudians as a dynasty.