Augustan
adjective
of or relating to Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, or to the age AugustanAge in which he flourished, which marked the golden age of Latin literature.
post-Augustan
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a word derived from
Augustan.
Example Sentences
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Varius and Ovid had won fame in the Augustan age by their Thyestes and Medea, and the post-Augustan decadence was not without its tragedians.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
In reading the lives of the chief post-Augustan writers we are struck by the fact that many, if not most of them, held offices of state.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
If we review the great poets of the Augustan and republican periods, we shall find little save certain epigrams of Catullus that could not safely have been produced in post-Augustan times.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
Roman writers of the post-Augustan period abound in allusions to them.
From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
The goddess Sophia indicates a later view than Ovid, but not necessarily post-Augustan.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
