About the Author

Robert Alan Gurval is Associate Professor of Classics, University of California, Los Angeles, and has been a recipient of the Rome Prize awarded by the American Academy in Rome.

Reviews

Meticulously researched and thorough, Actium and Augustus poses a serious challenge to one of the most firmly entrenched notions about Augustan propaganda. Just as importantly, it illuminates in admirable detail a compelling instance of Roman historical myth-making." —Alain M. Gowing, American Journal of Philology