Augustus Caesar / David Shotter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shotter, D. C. A. (David Colin Arthur)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.

Augustus.

Emperors--Rome--Biography.

Emperors.

Rome--History--Civil War, 43-31 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

Physical Description:

128 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History sees Augustus Caesar as the first emperor of Rome, whose system of ordered government provided a firm and stable basis for the successive expansion and prosperity of the Roman Empire over the next two centuries. Hailed as restorer of the Republic' and regarded by some as a deity in his own lifetime, Augustus became an object of emulation for many of his successors. This pamphlet reviews the evidence in order to place Augustus firmly in the context of his own times. It explores the background to his spectacular rise to power, his political and imperial reforms, and the creation of the Respublica of Augustus and the legacy left to his successors. By examining the hopes and expectations of his contemporaries and his own personal qualities of statesmanship and unscrupulous ambition, Shotter reveals that the reasons for Augustus' success lie partly in the complexity of the man himself, and partly in the unique nature of the times in which he lived.

Contents:

part INTRODUCTION

chapter 1 THE CRISIS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

chapter 2 THE DIVINE YOUTH

chapter 3 THE POWERS OF AUGUSTUS

chapter 4 Auctoritas —and patronage

chapter 5 THE CITY OF MARBLE

chapter 6 THE RESPUBLICA OF AUGUSTUS

chapter 7 THE EMPIRE AND THE AUGUSTAN PEACE

chapter 8 THE SUCCESSION

chapter 9 THE LEGACY OF AUGUSTUS

part APPENDIX I

chapter APPENDIX II

chapter 10 5 APPENDIX III: GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS

chapter SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-124) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-56619-667-1

1-134-36452-0

0-203-02288-2

1-134-36453-9

1-280-16874-9

9780203022887

OCLC:

310464417