Rome, the Greek world, and the east, 1 : the Roman republic and the Augustan Revolution.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millar, Fergus.

Contributor:

Rogers, Hannah M.

Series:

Studies in the History of Greece and Rome

Studies in the History of Greece and Rome ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Local Subjects:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These 16 essays open with a contribution by Fergus Millar, in which he defends studying Classics. He also questions the dominiant interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power, therefore shedding new light on Augustus' regime.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction: Polybius Was Right; Abbreviations; Author's Prologue; Part I. Conceptions and Sources; Part II. The Roman Republic; Part III. The Augustan Revolution; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9798890871626

9780807875087

0807875082

OCLC:

476236256