This volume marks the two-thousandth anniversary of the princeps' death with a series of studies that offer new approaches to the Roman ruler Augustus and his reign. The thematically wide-ranging contributions focus on central topics of Augustus research from the perspective of the 21st century. The volume offers studies from archaeological, philological and ancient historical perspectives, which were presented at the conference 'XIV A.D. SAECVLVM AVGVSTVM. The Age of Augustus' in Lisbon in September 2014.
The title, Augustan Papers, commemorates the 80th anniversary of the publication Roman Papers (1939) by Ronald Syme.