PRESENTATION

2014 marks the 2000^th anniversary of the Emperor Augustus’s death.  A leading figure in the history of Rome, he was both a destroyer and a founder of political regimes; a master of propaganda; a transformer, both direct and indirect, of the social and economic order; a patron of the arts and letters. The half century of his imperial rule left a legacy that long outlived him.

The Centro de História da Cultura of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CHC), in collaboration with the Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IAP) and the Instituto de Estudos de Literatura Tradicional of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IELT), is organizing an International Conference to commemorate the date.

The conference forms part of a more extended group of activities, both in Portugal and Spain: DIVVS AVGVSTVS. Commemorations of the Bimillenium of Augustus’ Death. This is promoted by the Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Clássicos (APEC) and the Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (SBEC), in association with a number of other institutions: Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos of Universidade de Coimbra (CECHUC); Centro de História da Cultura of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CHC); Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IAP); Instituto de Estudos de Literatura Tradicional of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IELT); Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (MNAR), in Mérida (Spain); and Museu de Arqueologia D. Diogo de Sousa (MADDS), in Braga.

The conference is intended to explore both the figure of Augustus himself as well as the period as a whole. It is equally concerned with the legacy of Augustus and his time, as it has continued down until the present day.

Suggested topics include:

• The Principate: res publica restituta or absolute monarchy?
• Princeps Senatus: from the republic to monarchy.
• The Princeps and historiography.
• Civil Wars and the Pax Augusta.
• Military expansion and the Pax Romana.
• The divinization of power.
• Transformations of the Roman state between the Republic and the Principate.
• Augustus and the idea of Italia.
• Roman provinces between the Republic and the Principate.
• Society, economy, culture and religion between the Republic and the Principate.
• Poetry, prose and scientific and technical writing.
• Architecture and the arts.
• Augustus revisited: 2000 years of legacy.

This conference welcomes contributors from a whole range of academic interests:

• Anthropology.
• Archaeology.
• History.
• History of Art.
• Literature.
• Philosophy.
• Political Sciences.