Books by J. Bert Lott
“If Wallace-Hadrill shows us what the Augustan age was like for people who could afford posh furniture and read books in Greek, Lott’s book does the same for the common people of the city of Rome.” Read more...
Peter Wiseman, Classicist
Interviews where books by J. Bert Lott were recommended
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Catiline’s War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
Sallust (trans. AJ Woodman) -
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Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Text, Translation, and Commentary
by Alison Cooley (editor) & Augustus -
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Rome's Cultural Revolution
by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -
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The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome
by J. Bert Lott -
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Augustan Culture
by Karl Galinsky
The best books on Augustus, recommended by Peter Wiseman
The best books on Augustus, recommended by Peter Wiseman
Is it possible that Augustus was not the first Roman emperor, but the last of Rome’s great populist champions? That’s what classicist Peter Wiseman argues in his book, The House of Augustus: A Historical Detective Story. Drawing on a lifetime of research and writing on this period, the emeritus professor of classics and ancient history gives a brilliant overview of the Augustan age, and recommends what to read to better understand the adopted son of Julius Caesar, who found Rome in brick and left it in marble.
