Academic literature on the topic 'Octavianus'

Vergil’s Georgics was published in 29 BCE, at a critical point in the political life of Octavian-Augustus. Although his position at the head of state had been confirmed by victory at Actium in 31, his longevity was threatened by his reputation for causing bloodshed during the civil wars. This thesis argues that Vergil, in the Georgics, presents a defence of Octavian against criticism of his past, in order to safeguard his future, and the future of Rome. Through a complex of metaphor and allusion, Vergil engages with the weaknesses in Octavian’s public image in order to diminish their damaging impact. Chapter One examines the way in which the poet invokes and complements the literary tradition of portraying young men as destructive, amorous creatures, through his depiction of iuvenes in the Georgics, in order to emphasise the inevitability of youthful misbehaviour. Since Octavian is still explicitly a iuvenis, he cannot be held accountable for his actions up to this point, including his role in the civil wars. The focus of Chapters Two and Three of this thesis is Vergil’s presentation of the spring season in the Georgics. Vergil’s preoccupation with spring is unorthodox in the context of agricultural didactic; under the influence of the Lucretian figure of Venus, Vergil moulds spring into a symbol of universal creation in nature, a metaphor for a projected revival of Roman affairs under Octavian’s leadership which would subsequently dominate the visual art of the Augustan period. Vergil’s spring is as concerned with the past as it is the future. Vergil stresses the fact that destructive activity can take place in spring, in the form of storms and animal violence; the farmer’s spring labor is characterised as a war against nature, which culminates in the horrific slaughter of oxen demanded by bugonia. In each case destruction is revealed as a necessary prerequisite for some form of creation: animal reproduction, increased crop yield, a renewed population of bees. Thus, the spring creation of a new Rome under Octavian will come as a direct result of the bloodshed of the civil wars, a cataclysm whose horrors are not denied, but whose outcome will ultimately be positive. Octavian is assimilated to Jupiter in his Stoic guise: a providential figure who sends fire and flood to Earth in order to improve mankind.

The nine volumes of the "Romanian Music Chronicle", printed by the Music Publishing Hause, Bucharest, in 20 years (1973-1991) are the fruit of an extremely elaborated investigation, that broke all the walls that tried to hide this real patrimony of spirituality. The author, Octavian Lazar Cosma, shouldered the responsibility of a difficult cultural mission to establish the main points of the Romanian music evolution during these two millennia.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-146).<br>This latter question necessitates a survey of the development of Greek biography through the Hellenistic era. Biography as a literary genre was characterised by a broad range of traits and styles, and was concerned with the character of the protagonist, details of his pirvate life, and his deeds, works or achievements. The belief that an investigation of a man's actions could shed light on his character was a feature of Hellenistic popular thought that had its origins with the Peripatetics. Nicolaus was a self-proclaimed follower of Aristotle's school, and certain motifs or features of Aristotelean thought permeate the Bios Kaisaros, particularly with regards to his characterisation of Octavian and Caesar. Nicolaus uses the theme of Fortune, a familliar topos of Hellenistic literature, at key moments during the text of the Caesar Extract, to highlight his presentation of Octavian and Caesar. The characterisation of Octavian and his relationship with his mother and Caesar forms the final focus of this dissertation, illustrating pertinent aspects of Nicolaus' technique in his presentation of Octavian as uniquely fitted to succeed to Caesar's political hegemony at Rome.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agroecossistemas, Florianópolis, 2010<br>Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-24T23:42:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 288530.pdf: 2315025 bytes, checksum: 8531041035ad7b530f839de33586727a (MD5)<br>O trabalho propõe verificar em que medida as famílias do Assentamento Octaviano de Carvalho, coordenado pelo Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), localizado no município de Ponto Belo, extremo norte do Espírito Santo, está realizando o trânsito em direção à agroecologia através da (in) formação em agroecologia, do entendimento das questões ambientais, dos conhecimentos sócio políticos e das práticas agrícolas e a concepção dos dirigentes do MST em relação à agroecologia. Para verificarmos os limites e as potencialidades da adoção da agroecologia, nos assentamentos de reforma agrária, e assim o trabalho contribuirá na construção de uma metodologia eficiente e adequada para a massificação da proposta em comparação com a concepção de agroecologia dos dirigentes do MST. Podemos concluir que há uma consonância da concepção de agroecologia dos dirigentes com as famílias assentadas; possuem entendimento crítico do desenvolvimento da agricultura no Brasil e os efeitos nefastos ao meio ambiente e à saúde humana, conhecem a Agroecologia, afirmam que é possível a produção agroecológica, com as devidas cautelas necessárias para a mudança de qualquer paradigma, pelo fato de ser uma construção do novo dentro do velho. Não há ainda uma definição teórica sobre a agroecologia no MST, porém têm convicção do que não se deseja para a agricultura, ao meio rural e para a sociedade, fomentado pelo Agronegócio. A agroecologia é considerada auxiliar na luta pela reforma agrária sendo muito importante para o acúmulo de forças das organizações populares através de uma nova relação com o meio ambiente, renda e qualidade de vida e que proporcione a resistência dos camponeses assentados. Afirmam que houve avanços significativos no interior do MST e deve ser um tema transversal, na metodologia de massificação que deve ser lenta, gradual e segura, levando em consideração: a resposta econômica; as condições materiais locais; a cooperação agrícola; e a qualificação de quadros políticos e técnicos. A consolidação da agroecologia se dará somente com a efetivação da reforma agrária e da cooperação e será fruto de um processo histórico de ruptura, enfrentamento e luta.