POWER PLAY: TIME, THEATRICALITY, AND CONSENT IN AUGUSTUS’S RES GESTAE 34

Two thousand years after his death, Augustus is still very much alive. This bimillennial anniversary has been the occasion for numerous events and academic congresses. And even earlier, Augustus enjoyed renown among monarchs and emperors as their ideal founding father. Here, Willms explores the deeper mechanisms with which Augustus forged such a long-lasting positive image. This image is chiefly the result of the type of government he instituted and the political persona that he created and disseminated.