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Tiberius / Robin Seager.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seager, Robin.
- Series:
- Blackwell Ancient Lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emperors--Rome--Biography.
- Emperors.
- Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37.
- Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.
- Tiberius.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor's complex character as the key to understanding his reign. The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. Argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. Shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. A new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come
- Contents:
- Tiberius' childhood : the political background
- Tiberius and Augustus
- The accession of Tiberius
- Germanicus and Drusus
- Tiberius as princeps, ad 14-26
- Seianus
- The last years.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611310561
- 9780470775417
- 0470775416
- 9780470773871
- 0470773871
- 9781281310569
- 1281310565
- OCLC:
- 437218837
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