Augustus in the historiography of 19th century Spain

Abstract

The figure of Augustus did little to attract the at-tention of 19th century Spanish historians. They were more interested in highlighting the work of emperors of Hispanic descent, thus the Histories of Spain dedicated little space to the Roman mili-tary leader who conquered the Iberian Peninsula. There are constant contradictions in the historio-graphy, which approached the Augustan period almost exclusively side on, never plunging into the knowledge with exhaustive depth. However, as this article shows, Augustus did not go com-pletely unnoticed in the 19th century Spanish his-toriography.