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The age of Augustus / Werner Eck.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eck, Werner.
- Series:
- Blackwell ancient lives
- Standardized Title:
- Augustus und seine Zeit. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Augustus.
- Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Rome.
- Emperors--Rome--Biography.
- Emperors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
- Summary:
- This concise biography tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. It traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire. Werner Eck provides a vivid narrative of Augustus' rise to power. From the war against the assassins of Julius Caesar to his struggle against Antony and Cleopatra, this book describes the key aspects of Augustus' reign and the expansion of his empire.
- This updated edition includes a stemma of Augustus' family, new information on the monuments of the Augustan period, a new chapter on legislation, a section on the Augustan wars against the German tribes, and additional maps and illustrations. Organized chronologically and according to specific topics, The Age of Augustus is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time.
- Contents:
- Augustus' career in overview : the res gestae
- Modest origins, powerful relatives
- Seizing power and legalizing usurpation
- The triumvirate : dictatorship sanctioned by law
- The path to formal legitimation as a ruler
- The final battles for power : Actium and Alexandria
- A new political order : the principate takes shape
- The principate develops further
- The princeps and the Roman elite
- The practical implementation of political power : governing the empire
- Shaping the lives of men
- A standing army
- War and peace : expanding the empire
- Rome, the Augustan city
- The quest for political continuity: the succession
- Augustus' death and the future of the empire.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405151498
- 1405151498
- OCLC:
- 71842794
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