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The 2,000th anniversary of Ovid's death saw the first professional meeting in China dedicated to the poet, titled "Globalizing Ovid," which explored his influence on 18th-century Chinese porcelain.

Scholars used the occasion to ask how Augustus’ "equivocal and contradictory career" has been received across different cultural contexts.

The Bimillennium: Echoes of the Augustan Age in the 21st Century Introduction bimillennium

The bimillennium of Ovid’s Fasti (a calendar poem) was celebrated by scholars like Geraldine Herbert-Brown, who noted that while the exact date of the poem’s "anniversary" is debatable, the bimillennial volume served as a critical "timely" update to Ovidian studies. The "Bimillennium Vergilianum" (1930)

Contemporary readings of Ovid's exile poetry have shifted to look at the "disfiguration" of his career—a "real and abominable" event that tore his life apart, rather than just a literary trope. The 2,000th anniversary of Ovid's death saw the

The following paper explores the cultural and scholarly impact of these 2,000-year milestones, specifically focusing on the recent commemorations of Augustus and the poet Ovid.

Programs like Commemorating Augustus aimed to help educators find "new practical tips" for teaching his complex history in schools. A bimillennium is more than a chronological marker;

A bimillennium is more than a chronological marker; it is a "purely notional" yet powerful opportunity for systematic reassessment. The early 21st century has witnessed a cluster of these anniversaries, most notably the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus (AD 14–2014) and the death of Ovid (AD 17–2017). These milestones have sparked a "wave of new and creative scholarly interest," prompting historians and classicists to move beyond traditional hagiography toward more complex, "disfigured," or "globalized" interpretations of Roman legacy. The Augustan Bimillennium (2014)