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This paper looks at the words, pictures and shapes that people in the Roman provinces placed on the thousands of coins that were made by each of several hundred cities, and uses the patterns that can be found to discuss the contribution provincial coins can make to our understanding of how relationships developed between the early Roman emperors, especially Augustus, and their audiences in provincial cities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Suetonius (Aug. 72.2) records among the habits of Augustus his inclination to retreat from time to time to a place he called ‘Syracuse’ or his ‘technophuon’ (workshop). These names have been variously explained, without agreement. The paper argues that ‘Syracuse’ evokes a complex of associations beyond the obvious connection with Archimedes and his inventions. By recalling other well-known figures, such as Marcellus and Dionysius, as well as Augustus’ own experiences in Syracuse, the name of his den effectively encapsulates the courses of action available to the emperor as ruler and as private citizen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the literary work of Roman emperor Augustus `Res Gestae' in light of Hellenistic theories of apotheosis. Inextricable link between world conquest and apotheosis in Hellenistic literature after Alexander; Res Gestae as a complex and allusive document; Link illustrated by Vergil in a number of passages.

Presents a historico-literary analysis of the Roman poet Ovid. Contrast with Triumviral period writers; Reign of Caesar Augustus; Writings of historian Velleius Paterculus, contemporary of Ovid; Development of Ovid as a poet in Rome; Themes of Ovid's poetry in Tomoi/exile.