Research Documentation

Works Cited and Image Credits

This page documents the scholarly sources and image credits used in the exhibit.

Works Cited

Augustus. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Translated by Thomas Bushnell, Internet Classics Archive, MIT. https://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html
Gołyźniak, Paweł. Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus. Archaeopress, 2020. Publisher page
Gołyźniak, Paweł. "A General Introduction to Ancient Roman Propaganda on Engraved Gems." Brewminate, 17 Jan. 2024. Article link
"Intaglios in the Roman World." Corinium Museum, 28 Feb. 2022. Article link
Steinfeld, Jemimah. "What the Romans Really Did for Us: When It Comes to Propaganda, Roman Emperor Augustus Was Ahead of His Time." Index on Censorship, vol. 46, no. 2, 2017, pp. 56-61. Article link
Yarrow, Liv Mariah. "Markers of Identity for Non-Elite Romans: A Prolegomenon to the Study of Glass Paste Intaglios." Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, vol. 5, no. 3, 2018. DOI link

British Museum collection object: glass paste intaglio with head of the young Augustus (museum no. 1923,0401.805). Collection page
Wikimedia Commons image of Augustan denarius with Venus, sourced from Classical Numismatic Group. License: CC BY-SA 2.5. Image page
Wikimedia Commons image of Roman ring with blue intaglio from the Portable Antiquities Scheme / British Museum. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Image page
Wikimedia Commons image of opaque blue Roman glass engraved gem from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Open-access image on Wikimedia Commons. Image page
Wikimedia Commons image of sardonyx cameo portrait of Augustus. Image page
Wikimedia Commons image of Roman carnelian intaglio from a finger ring, Portable Antiquities Scheme / British Museum. Image page
Wikimedia Commons image of Roman ring with intaglio of Helios from the Walters Art Museum. Image page
Wikimedia Commons close-up image of a Roman ring intaglio depicting Mars, Portable Antiquities Scheme / British Museum. Image page