Augusto en las primeras historias de España y en los programas iconográficos del Renacimiento

Abstract

It is common in Spanish historiography to allude to certain characters in the history of Rome by highlighting their crucial role in the ancient history of Spain and in Rome itself, e.g., Caesar, founder of cities, or Trajan and the so-called “Spanish emperors”. The purpose of this paper is to follow the treatment received by Augustus in the Spanish historiography of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance using the chronicles of Lucas de Tuy, Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada, the Estorias of Alfonso X the Wise, and the stories of the royal chroniclers Elio Antonio de Nebrija, Florián de Ocampo and Ambrosio de Morales. The presence of Augustus in collections and iconographic programmes of the monarchy is also studied.