Augustan
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- adjective
- /əˈɡʌstən/
- Literature
- The Augustan History exonerated one of these emperors but pointed a finger at the other.
- Augustan History
- Augustan Rome
- Augustan peace
Examples
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But the Augustan artists nonetheless gave an idealized impression of reality.
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Suetonius was basic reading for learning Latin in the period, and the Augustan brick-to-marble quote was one of his main passages.
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The Triumph of Augustan Poetics: English Literary Culture
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Yet more crucial for Augustan policy was Virgil's description of the aureum saeculum in the Aeneid.
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Eternity is the underlying theme of the Tellus and Roma reliefs, the images emblematic of the Augustan peace.
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As the prototypical acts of Aeneas were imitated by Augustus, so the Augustan ritual became the model for successive generations of Romans.
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But Augustan Golden-Age imagery had a much more profound significance than the fanciful, poetic concetto usually ascribed to it.
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The Augustan literature was known for its emphasis on poetic forms and themes of heroism.
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Many works of art from the Augustan period reflect the power and grandeur of the Roman Empire.
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Historians often study the Augustan era to understand the cultural developments of ancient Rome.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Augustan = August (opaque) = August + an
The word is derived from the name of the Roman Emperor Augustus, but the specific cultural and historical connotations are not transparent from the base word.
Etymology
Augustan comes from the name Augustus, the first Roman emperor; his name meant 'respected' or 'great' and is the same root as the English word august meaning 'grand'. People used his name for the famous 'Augustan Age' of Roman art and literature, so Augustan describes things from his time or things in that grand, classical style.