| Abstract: | This article opposes the view (propounded recently by O'Hara on the basis of Austin) that there is a calculated ambiguity in Aen. 1, 286–296, to the effect that Caesar the Dictator is as relevant for the interpretation as Augustus. Asserting that Vergil refers only to the latter the present author discusses particular problems, tries to elucidate the underlying historical situation and identifies it specifically with the very beginning of the principate (29 B.C.) showing i.a. that the Parthian question is not pertinent. |
