Octavo, charcoal gray cloth (hardcover), silver letters, xv + 271 pp. Fine in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: Despite his talent for self-promotion, the character of the emperor Augustus is rarely revealed. Portraits of him abound, most them contemporary, but in all these portraits he is portrayed as perpetually young and vigorous, never allowed to age even when he reached his seventies. The real person was deliberately veiled, screened from public scrutiny by an orchestrated facade that was not necessarily false, but which was tailored to circumstances and adapted ... View More...
