{"product_id":"the-house-of-augustus-9780691180076","title":"The House of Augustus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe House of Augustus\u003c\/i\u003e] offers a learned, exciting and convincing demolition of the standard modern view of the ancient Palatine, and of the living arrangements of Rome’s first emperor.\"\u003cb\u003e---Mary Beard, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe House of Augustus\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of outstanding scholarship and independent but well-judged opinions, in which every chapter offers fresh information and insights. It is highly recommended.\"\u003cb\u003e---Stuart Lyons, \u003ci\u003eClassics for All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A most splendid book. . . . I am sure that in the future, all writers about Augustus will have to take this book into consideration.\"\u003cb\u003e---Andrew Selkirk, \u003ci\u003eCurrent World Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly engaging journey through the history of Rome and the Palatine, and particularly the spectacular career of Augustus . . . . Few historical detective stories could be as enjoyably informative and absorbing as this one.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diana Bentley, \u003ci\u003eMinerva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e[Wiseman] publicly rights the archaeological record. . . . there is no doubt [that \u003ci\u003eThe House of Augustus\u003c\/i\u003e] will challenge\u003cbr\u003eand reshape our understanding of the Palatine for a long time to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Nandini Pandey, \u003ci\u003eMnemosyne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Wiseman] traces brilliantly how, as so often, past scholarly hypotheses slowly crystallized into assumptions that eventually petrified into facts. . . . This is an important book.\"\u003cb\u003e---James Corke-Webster, \u003ci\u003eGreece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wiseman's enjoyable new view of Augustus is carefully built up from the ancient evidence: it is unorthodox, indeed revolutionary.\"\u003cb\u003e---Oswyn Murray, \u003ci\u003eBalliol College Annual Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is however a detective story, as much as historical writing, and Wiseman appears a dogged and unrelenting investigator, seeking the truth and examining above all else the contemporary voices.\"\u003cb\u003e---Anthony Smart, \u003ci\u003eClassical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403855864151,"sku":"9780691180076","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691180076.jpg?v=1730484729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-of-augustus-9780691180076","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}