The Julio-Claudian Succession—Reality and Perception of the "Augustan Model"

This collection of essays considers the challenging questions around the formation, establishment and continuation of the Julio-Claudian principate from the coming to power of Augustus. Augustus laid down the ground rules for a "princeps," and the essays explore the subsequent transition of power, and how the succession and subsequent rule manifested itself, even though there was no formal mechanism for such a transfer. These essays fully utilize the extant literary, epigraphic, numismatic and visual record to evaluate Augustus political legacy . The representation, and retention, of power was a critical issue for the "princeps" and his subjects, and the contributors provide fresh political and literary analysis of aspects of the principates of Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius and Nero.

A.G.G. Gibson holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Edinburgh and is an Honorary Research Fellow in Ancient History at the School of Classics, University of St Andrews.Contributors: Jane Bellemore, Emma Buckley, John Drinkwater, Alisdair Gibson, Josiah Osgood, Roger Rees, Robin Seager, Caroline Vout.