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The political evolution of Augustus was promptly reflected in official art, as evidenced by the series of imperial portraits. Typical features of his portraits are the steady eyes, the straight nose, the rather hollowed face, the well-pronounced cheekbones, the thin mouth, and a lock of hair "with a pincer" on the right side of the forehead.
Pisidian Antioch: the temple of Augustus or the sanctuary of the imperial cult. [2] Ostia Antica Augusteum: remains of the augusteum at Ostia are situated inside the barracks of the fire brigade located in the north-eastern flank of the archaeological site. [2] Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara: [2] Sebastia Augusteum: [2] Augusteum of ...
Augustus's public revenue reforms had a great impact on the subsequent success of the Empire. Augustus brought a far greater portion of the Empire's expanded land base under consistent, direct taxation from Rome, instead of exacting varying, intermittent, and somewhat arbitrary tributes from each local province as Augustus's predecessors had done.
content of menu options (so as to mimic proposed legislation). Our asymmetrically paternalistic intervention is conceptually similar to the proposal of Sunstein and Thaler (2003) that healthy food options be positioned first in cafeterias, thereby inducing consumers to take more healthy food without limiting the availability of other choices.
Sculpture made during the reign of Augustus (27 BC to 14 AD) served a major ideological role, and therefore forms a distinct period of its own. Pages in category "Augustan sculptures" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The House of Augustus, or the Domus Augusti (not to be confused with the Domus Augustana), is situated on the Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy. This house has been identified as the primary place of residence for the emperor Augustus ( r.
Antonius Musa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντώνιος Μούσας, Antṓnios Moúsas) was a Greek botanist and the Roman Emperor Augustus's physician; Antonius was a freedman who received freeborn status along with other honours. [1] In the year 23 BC, when Augustus was seriously ill, Musa cured the illness with cold compresses and became ...
A Year in Arcadia: Kyllenion (German: Ein Jahr in Arkadien: Kyllenion) is an 1805 novel by Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is notable as "the earliest known novel that centers on an explicitly male-male love affair".