Introduction

About the lecture

In this module, we think about the rise of Augustus and his decision to rebuild the city once he had established control over the Roman state in the late 30s and early 20s BC. In particular, we think about his reasons for rebuilding the city, before looking at where exactly the building works took place, and thinking about what Augustus himself said about his building programme in the Res Gestae.

All digital modelling and 3D images are (c) Dr Matthew Nicholls, University of Reading. 2015. All rights reserved.

About the lecturer

Matthew Nicholls is a visiting professor of classics at the University of Reading and Senior Tutor at St John's College, Oxford, specialising in the political and social history of the Romans, and the way the built environments of Rome and cities around the empire expressed their values and priorities. In 2014, Matthew was presented with a Guardian Teaching Award for his 'Virtual Rome' project, a digital model of the city of Rome, showing the city as it appeared in c. AD 315.