By conservative, I take it you mean Galinsky's position that Augustus's
takeover was basically a Good Thing, as opposed to Syme's linkage of
Augustus's rise to power with the way Hitler and other '30's dictators
came to power? Or do you mean conservative in some other sense?
Also, I don't know what kind of course you have in mind, but for a
narrative history of the early empire, why not have students read
something straight from the horse's mouth, such as Tacitus's _Histories_
and _Annals_? Tacitus's dissatisfaction with Augustus certainly offsets
the Galinsky perspective.
Randi Eldevik
Oklahoma State University
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
> I have been reading, enjoying, and learning from Karl Galinsky's Augustan
> Culture a great deal, but am aware that in the classroom it needs something
> to offset it; something as good as, but not as conservative as Galinsky.
> Preferably something that gives a narrative history of the early empire as
> well. Galinsky himself suggests Syme for this. Wells also seems a likely
> candidate, though not necessarily a good counter to Galinsky. Suggestions?
>
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