The reign of Augustus saw one of the greatest bursts of literary production of all time. In the years before Actium and after Augustus’ death there was almost no literary production of note. Why do you think this happened? How connected does the Augustan literature that we’ve read (the Aeneid, Elegy, Livy) seem to Augustus himself? Does it seem to be pro- or anti-Augustus? What themes do you see in the different works?
