Augusto Fraschetti is Professor of Roman History at La Sapienza University in Rome and an associate director of studies at the �cole Pratique des Hautes �tudes in Paris. His books include Roma e il principe(Laterza, 1990), Augusto (Alianza,1998), La conversione: Da Roma pagena a Roma cristiana(Laterza,1999) and, as editor, Roma al femiminile(Laterza, 1994) published in English as Roman Womenby University of Chicago Press.