Augustus and the family at the birth of the Roman Empire / Beth Severy.

"First published in 2003. Transferred to Digital Printing 2010."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-270) and index.

1. Family and state in the late republic -- The family in the republican aristocracy -- Men, women and the res publica -- Conclusions -- 2. Civil conflict and the postwar politics of restoration: Augustan experiments in image, order, and law -- Images of chaos: Augustan discourse on the civil wars -- Restoring the res publica -- Celebrating the new order: the Ludi Saeculares -- Conclusions -- 3. The family of Augustus, 25-12 B.C.E. -- Marriage patterns -- Heirs and successors -- Conclusions -- 4. The military -- The family monopoly of major military commands -- Training the youth -- The loyalty of the legions -- Victory in the city -- Conclusions -- 5. Cults of family and state: piety, patriotism, and the pater, 12-7 B.C.E. -- Religion and social hierarchy -- Vesta and the pontifex maximus -- Augustus' family and the pax deorum: the Ara Pacis Augustae -- Imperial cult: from Hellenistic to household gods -- Livia and Concordia -- Conclusions -- 6. The familia of Augustus -- Finances -- Slave and freed staff -- Rome as Augustus' household -- Conclusions -- 7. The Pater Patriae and his family, 2 B.C.E. -- Heirs and successors -- Art and ceremony: the Forum Augustum -- Sexual treason and other family problems -- Conclusions -- 8. Inheriting the res publica: Tiberius -- Designating Tiberius -- Family and state in Augustus' last decade -- Death and succession -- 9. The birth of the Roman empire -- Domus Augusta: a new language for a new order -- Livia and gender roles -- Public and private among the non-imperial elite.