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Augustus INSET day
JACT / University of Manchester Ancient History INSET Augustus and his bimillennium: making the most of 2014 Saturday 16th November 2013 University of Manchester As part of the Commemorating Augustus...
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Augustus INSET day report
It’s a busy week here at Commemorating Augustus HQ. The abstract deadline for next summer’s conference is just two days away, and they are coming in thick and fast now. I’m happy to say that the...
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Exhibition review: Augusto at the Scuderie del Quirinale
Earlier this month, I spent a few days in Rome, mainly so that I could visit the Augusto exhibition currently showing at the Scuderie del Quirinale. It’s no coincidence that this exhibition is...
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Fancy taking part in some Augustus-related research?
As regular visitors to this web page will know, a major element in the Commemorating Augustus project is the conference on receptions of Augustus which will take place this August, over the...
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Conference booking open
The main event of the Commemorating Augustus project this year will be its conference. In line with the project as a whole, the conference deals with receptions of Augustus across the 2000 years...
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Augustus in CA News
The latest copy of Classical Association News soared through my letter-box this morning, complete with a little article which I wrote for it about the Augustan bimillennial commemorations going on...
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Augustus’ final journey
Today marks exactly one month until the bimillennium of Augustus’ death, and thus also to the middle day of my Commemorating Augustus conference. For a couple of years now I have been tweeting...
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When exactly did Augustus die?
Today marks exactly one week left until the big day – the bimillennium of Augustus’ death. One thing you may want to know as the day approaches is how we know when he died, and how the ancient evidence...
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Augustus is dead, long live Augustus!
So this is it – the day itself. It is exactly two thousand years to the day since Augustus died. And, as it happens, 2042 since he took up his first consulship as well. That second anniversary in...
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Afterlives of Augustus, AD 14-2014
Four years and a lot of hard work after the Commemorating Augustus conference, I’m pleased to be able to announce that the edited volume arising from it is being published this month. The volume aims...
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