A City of Marble: The Rhetoric of Augustan Rome

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A CITY OF MARBLE Studies in Rhetoric/Communication Thomas W. Benson, Series Editor A CITY OF MARBLE The University of South Carolina Press Kathleen S. Lamp the rhetoric of augustan rome © 2013 University of South Carolina Published by the University of South Carolina Press Columbia, South Carolina 29208 www.sc.edu/uscpress 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lamp, Kathleen S. A city of marble : the rhetoric of Augustus and the people in the Roman principate / Kathleen S. Lamp. pages. cm. — (Studies in rhetoric/communication) ISBN 978-1-61117-277-5 (hardbound : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61117-336-9 (ebook) 1. Rhetoric, Ancient. 2. Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 b.c.–14 a.d. 3. Latin literature— History and criticism. i. Title. ii. Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication. PA6085.L36 2013 808’.0471—dc23 2013010905 To my teachers and my students Litterae thesaurum est, et artificium nunquam moritur. Petronius Arbiter, Satyricon, 46 ...