HE POLITICS AND EMOTIONS OF CIVIL WAR CYPERDT ATAN CTIDIZATActium and Augustus The Politics and Emotions of Civil War Robert Alan Gurval Ann Arbor THE UNIversiTy OF MICHIGAN PRESSFirst paperback edition 1998 Copyright © by the University of Michigan 1995 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America @ Printed on acid-free paper 2001 2000 1999 432 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gurval, Robert Alan, 1958— Actium and Augustus : the politics and emotions of civil war / Robert Alan Gurval. pcm, Revision of the author’s doctoral thesis. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-472-10590-6 (hardcover) 1. Rome—History—Civil War, 43-31 B.C._—Literature and the war. 2. Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.—In literature. 3. Rome—History—Civil War, 43-31 B.C.—Historiography. 4. Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C—Historiography. 5. Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C., in literature. 6. Politics and literature—Rome—History, 7. Latin poetry—History and criticism. 8. Propertius, Sextus—Contemporary Rome. 9. Horace—Contemporary Rome. 10. Virgil—Contemporary Rome. 11. War in literature. 1. Title. PA6019.G87 1995 937'.05°072—de20" 95-1844 cIP ISBN 0-472-08489-5 (pbk: alk. paper) No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.COR eee el Re On on mare ame me COTY cnt at Actium, Despite the varied judgments this ea ete fi Pee RTL a De CMe LRT cur Ween ee Cor and Cleopatra in a Tee US e consensus was th ett eece CRT TCU o Me Cre eRe ee Se eu Ren enn ne ne te je starts with a consideration of the official celebration and social consequences. and public commemoration of the Actian victory and then moves on to other Perec em eta ert eae EDR me ee ME era Ce SEA eee in” monuments that Octavian erected on the battle NRC RR Ong the Principate and its public idec 4 poetry? Throughout, this volume concentrates on contemporary views of Actium dsight views of decades or centuries later EUR OMe EMO Toa] ROBERT ALAN GURVAL is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of eet Californi an eT mn aCe ene Cmrcar tet of Actium and Augustus.” Histor beyond question an important new work—le presented, original in conception and executic Echos du monde classique/Classical Views OU Ue The University of Michigan Press oauas- eee ri Wi ! | i] ey Mt ISBN Hi MN 978007240: