The Republic in danger : Drusus Libo and the succession of Tiberius / by Andrew Pettinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettinger, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.

Tiberius.

Libo Drusus, Marcus Scribonius.

Emperors--Succession--Rome.

Emperors.

Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-68 A.D.

Rome.

Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The volume proposes a new model for understanding the end of Augustus' reign and the succession of Tiberius in the years 6 BC to AD 16. Focusing on Drusus Libo's role in an alliance between the enemies of Tiberius, Pettinger offers a comprehensive analysis of the struggle between Tiberius and the supporters of Augustus' grandsons.

Contents:

An Urgent Summons and a Terrible Charge

The Treatment of an Enemy

The Adoption of Agrippa Postumus and the Friends of Gaius Caesar

Growing Pains

The Buck Stops Where?

Augustus Final Arrangements

The exiles of the younger Julia, D. Junius Silanus, and Ovid

Novus Principatus: an Imperial Co-operative

The Hesitation of Tiberius

"Did You Hear About Agrippa?"

Germanicus: Successor to Tiberius or Augustus?

Alternative Government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 12, 2012).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9786613687685

9780191741524

9781280777295

128077729X

9780191626395

0191626392

OCLC:

843868698

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access