Celestial Inclinations
A Life of Augustus
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 April 2023
- ISBN 9780197599648
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages556 pages
- Size 162x235x42 mm
- Weight 925 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 60 b/w halftones 388
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Short description:
Celestial Inclinations offers original insights into the practical application of observational astronomy and astrology as political tools by Rome's first emperor Augustus. It combines history, astronomy, literature, art, and more to provide a new perspective on the life of Augustus, a man who believed his destiny was written in the stars.
MoreLong description:
Celestial Inclinations provides a new perspective on the life and career of the first Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14). It presents the case that Augustus used his knowledge of the celestial sphere to confirm for himself and convey to others that the heavens supported his activities on earth and his inevitable greatness. The book is based on fresh assessments of ancient historical, literary, astronomical, astrological, and artistic sources for the years prior to and during the life of Augustus. Anne-Marie Lewis combines these sources with astronomical sky maps and astrological diagrams to offer fresh interpretations of critical events in the life of Augustus at a time when the celestial sphere had come to play an important cultural and political role. Some of those events involve the identification of the celestial object that appeared at the ludi in honor of Caesar in 44 B.C.; the Battle of Actium; the iconography of the Tellus Relief Panel on the Ara Pacis Augustae; the Ludi Saeculares; Augustus' major building projects in Rome; and Augustus' interactions with major figures of the period such as Cicero, Caesar, Agrippa, and Antonius.
[Lewis'] unique approach employs astronomical and astrological works as the foundational evidence for Augustus's actions, resulting in an analysis of the emperor based on astronomical sky maps at an unprecedented level. This analysis yields new interpretations of Augustus's reign and provides a better understanding of the Roman ruler. It offers a novel approach to understanding Augustus and Roman society during his life and provides an opportunity for Roman scholars to reimagine the relationship Roman elites had with Roman religion...Highly recommended.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1 Nigidius Figulus and the Birth of a Future Dominus for the World
Chapter 2 Celestial Display and Cicero’s Consular Year
Chapter 3 Celestial Venus, Caesar’s Victories, and the Julian Calendar
Chapter 4 Cicero’s Aratea and the Education of Octavius in the Fixed Constellations
Chapter 5 Theogenes of Apollonia and Geniturae of Agrippa and Octavius
Chapter 6 Octavianus and the Sidus Crinitum of September 44 B.C.
Chapter 7 Conflict, Alliance, and the Stella Comans
Chapter 8 Antonius, Octavianus, and the Egyptian Mathematicus
Chapter 9 Octavianus, Antonius, and the Banquet of the Twelve Gods
Chapter 10 From Naulochus to Actium
Chapter 11 Triumphs and Temples after the Battle of Actium
Chapter 12 A New Name for Octavianus and the Ludi Saeculares
Chapter 13 Deaths in the Family and the Ara Pacis Augustae
Chapter 14 Consolidation and Transition in the Final Years of Augustus’ Rule
Chapter 15 Honores Caelestes: The Death, Funeral, and Deification of Augustus
Bibliography
Index
