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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The Fabrication of Tradition: Horace, Augustus and the Secular Games</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Davis, P. J.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>The Fabrication of Tradition: Horace, Augustus and the Secular Games.</xhtml:em> Ramus: critical studies in Greek and Roman literature, 30 (2). 111- 127. ISSN 0048671x</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2630/1/The__Fabrication_of_Tradition1.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2630/1/The__Fabrication_of_Tradition1.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />878Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="3800" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arts/ramus/">http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arts/ramus/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Rome's first emperor proved remarkably successful in shaping a positive
image for himself in his own and subsequent eras. Here was a man who came to
power through that most criminal of means, through victory in civil war, and
yet managed to persuade his own and succeeding generations of his right to rule.
How did the enthusiastic proscriber of the innocent and the brutal destroyer of
Perusia transform himself into the sublime Augustus'S</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/420000.html">420000 Language and Culture</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/420100.html">420000 Language and Culture > 420100 Language Studies</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2630</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">14 Jan 2008 09:29</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">14 Jan 2008 09:29</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2630;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2630">item control page</a></p>
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