6.5), a plan of Bruno and Carandini’s reconstruction of the House of Augustus (fig. We have a plan of the Solarium, showing the relationship between the obelisk and the Ara Pacis (fig. 5.1), and now of course the aureus of 28 BC showing Augustus restoring the laws and rights of the people (fig. 7.1), Augustus distributing suffimenta (fig. 1.2), Venus Genetrix as ancestress of Caesar (fig. There are some valuable additions, such as coins showing Agrippa wearing the naval crown (fig. Likewise the new photographs and reconstructions of the Ara Pacis (figs. 4.8) receives a much fuller and clearer photograph than previously (fig. The temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus (fig. 1.6-8), is a great improvement on the obscure view looking out from the monument and along its front in the first edition (fig. 1.5), supported now with artistic reconstructions of the monument and its triumphal relief, and a photographic detail (figs. For example, the aerial photo of the victory monument at Actium (fig. buildings), and almost always-at least when it comes to photographic images-more clearly reproduced. Many of the images are of the same subject matter, but are often better chosen examples (e.g. 2 (The ‘Augustan Authors (Who’s Who)’, which I am sure many will have found a useful reference tool when teaching A-level, has regrettably been removed.) But the main improvement in this new edition is in the quantity and quality of its illustrations.Īugustan Rome now has 56 figures where the original had 33, and the overall feel of the book is much better (glossy pages, more readable text). There is now also a really excellent postscript on the legacy of Augustus (131-7), and up-to-date suggestions for further reading (139-42). We get a new short introduction (1-7), concerned chiefly with the contribution of contemporary literature and visual and archaeological material to our understanding of the Augustan principate in Rome, and the impact that fascist uses of Augustan monuments and ideology has had on the reception of Augustus.

This reflects the continued strength of the original text in spite of the wealth of interest and new research into Augustus in the intervening quarter century.

But, in fact, there is nothing now I would unsay’(xv). This new edition, appearing now under the imprint of Bloomsbury, retains the main body of the text unaltered 1: ‘Were I to write it now, it would be a different and much longer text. A powerful interpretative essay, it has maintained its position as an important complement to the standard textbooks and surveys. Since its original publication in 1993 Andrew Wallace-Hadrill’s Augustan Rome has been an essential item on A-level and undergraduate reading lists on the Augustan principate.

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