Dynasty and Empire in the Age of Augustus: The Case of the Boscoreale Cups

Dynasty and Empire in the Age of Augustus: The Case of the Boscoreale Cups

Ann L. Kuttner

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford

© 1995 The Regents of the University of California

Preferred Citation: Kuttner, Ann L. Dynasty and Empire in the Age of Augustus: The Case of the Boscoreale Cups. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1995 1995. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft309nb1mw/

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List of Plates

Preface

Introduction

1—  Augustus' World Rule

2—  The Image of Augustus

3—  The Peoples of Empire

4—  Drusus, Augustus, and Barbarian Babies

5—  The Sacrifice of Tiberius

6—  The Triumph of Tiberius

7—  Echoes of the Boscoreale Cup Panels in Later Historical Relief

8—  Tiberius and Drusus in Augustan Propaganda and the Prototype for the Boscoreale Cups

Conclusion:  The Boscoreale Cups and Roman Art

Appendix A—  Toreutica:  The Cups as Silver Vessels

Appendix B—  Communications Theory and the Boscoreale Cups

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Art, History, Sites, and Subjects

Index of Gems, Intaglios, Cameos, and Cameo Artifacts

Index of Coins

Index of Inscriptions and Texts