The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis: The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium: Volume I & Volume 2

The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis (2-Volume Set): The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium by Konstantinos L ZachosDescription The first two volumes of the three-part scholarly edition on the Victory Monument of Actium at Nicopolis highlight a monumental complex of fundamental importance for understanding early Roman imperial ideology and architecture. Erected by Octavian Augustus on the sacred hill of Apollo, the monument stands as a tangible expression of his victory at the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.E.) and of the profound political transformation that followed the transition from the Roman Republic to the Principate, the new regime named after the title princeps, which would define Roman rule for centuries.Comprising 14 chapters and contributions by leading experts across disciplines, this two-volume work offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the monument. As one of the first architectural projects of the Augustan era, combining the character of a victory tropaeum with that of a sacred cult site, the monument embodies the emerging imperial ideology and the consolidation of Augustus? authority across three continents.This is a landmark publication of international relevance, addressed to the global scholarly community in archaeology, history, classical and humanistic studies, offering crucial insights into the transition to a new imperial world order.KONSTANTINOS L. ZACHOS Konstantinos L. Zachos, who holds an MA and PhD degree from Boston University, is emeritus curator of Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture. He served as President of the Scientific Committee of Dodona and as President of the Scientific Committee of Nicopolis, which were responsible for the conservation, restoration and promotion of the monuments of these two iconic sites. He established the new Archaeological Museums of Leucas, Nicopolis and Arta (ancient Ambracia), and the renovation of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, where he also curated a number of special exhibitions. He has carried out excavations in the Peloponnese, the Cyclades and Epirus with an emphasis on Nicopolis and has extensively published articles and monographs referring to the prehistoric Aegean and Roman Nicopolis. He has lectured widely at various institutions in Greece and abroad, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the British Museum, and the Louvre. The research and work he directed in Nicopolis, the aim of which was the creation of an exemplary archaeological park, has occupied a large part of his career. In 2009 he was awarded the Εuropa Nostra Award European Union Award for Cultural Heritage for the restoration works on the monuments of Nicopolis, and in 2010, the Academy of Athens awarded him for his work on the protection, conservation, enhancement, and research of the monuments of Nicopolis. He is Member of the Athens Archaeological Society and Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America.Weight 4900 g Dimensions 24,5 31,5 cm Binding Hard cover with jacketLanguage EnglishPages 424 (A vol.), 392 (B vol.) Images 576 (A vol.), 456 (B vol.)