This course explores ancient Rome’s transformation from a democratic republic to anautocratic empire and the considerable implications this crucial shift has had for worldhistory. It examines the fall of the Roman republic and the rise of Rome’s first emperorAugustus along with the vast cultural transformations in this age of revolution. Majorissues include: Augustan art, architecture, and literature; political ideologies, propaganda,and resistance; gender, sexuality, and the family; Rome and Egypt, colonialism and culturalidentity.