UID:
edocfu_9959236015402883
Format:
128 p. :
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ill., maps.
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-56619-667-1
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1-134-36452-0
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0-203-02288-2
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1-134-36453-9
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1-280-16874-9
Content:
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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31935-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31936-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203022887
