Tiberius and the Libraries: Public Book Collections and Library Buildings in the Early Roman Empire.
The article explores the probable course of library history in ancient Rome from the principate of Roman emperor Augustus to his successor, Tiberius. It discusses the imperial book collections and three public libraries in Rome during the tenure of Augustus. It relates how Tiberius followed the libr...
| Publicado en: | Libraries & the Cultural Record Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 247 - 270 |
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University of Texas Press
2008
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| Sumario: | The article explores the probable course of library history in ancient Rome from the principate of Roman emperor Augustus to his successor, Tiberius. It discusses the imperial book collections and three public libraries in Rome during the tenure of Augustus. It relates how Tiberius followed the library vision of Augustus with his decision to create separate library rather than consolidate all of the manuscripts within a single structure. Tiberius, however, departed from the Augustan procedures when he appointed Tiberius Iulius Pappus to oversee all the emperors' libraries. |
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