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The eternal fire of Vesta
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The eternal fire of Vesta
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Roman cultural identity and the legitimacy of Augustus
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McElroy
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Connolly
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Serena Connolly
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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Vesta and the Vestal Virgins represented the very core of Roman cultural identity, and Augustus positioned his public image beside them to augment his political legitimacy. Through analysis of material culture, historiography, and poetry that originated during the principate of Augustus, it becomes clear that each of these sources of evidence contributes to the public image projected by the leader whom Ronald Syme considered to be the first Roman emperor. The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Res Gestae Divi Augustae embody the legacy the Emperor wished to establish, and each of these cultural works contain significant references to the Vestal Virgins. The study of history Livy undertook also emphasized the pathetic plight of Rhea Silvia as she was compelled to become a Vestal. Livy and his contemporary Dionysius of Halicarnassus explored the foundation of the Vestal Order and each writer had his own explanation about how Numa founded it. The Roman poets Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Tibullus incorporated Vesta and the Vestals into their work in a way that offers further proof of the way Augustus insinuated himself into the fabric of Roman cultural identity by associating his public image with these honored priestesses.
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1 online resource (iv, 64 p. : ill.)
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M.A.
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Vestal virgins
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D
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Rome--Civilization
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by Ian McElroy
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ETD graduate
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