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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451200503321

Autore

Eck Werner

Titolo

The age of Augustus [[electronic resource] /] / Werner Eck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-280-93265-1

9786610932658

1-4051-8203-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Blackwell ancient lives

Disciplina

937/.07092

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Soggetti

Emperors - Rome

Electronic books.

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Augustus' career in overview : the res gestae -- Modest origins, powerful relatives -- Seizing power and legalizing usurpation -- The triumvirate : dictatorship sanctioned by law -- The path to formal legitimation as a ruler -- The final battles for power : Actium and Alexandria -- A new political order : the principate takes shape -- The principate develops further -- The princeps and the Roman elite -- The practical implementation of political power : governing the empire -- Shaping the lives of men -- A standing army -- War and peace : expanding the empire -- Rome, the Augustan city -- The quest for political continuity:  the succession -- Augustus' death and the future of the empire.

Sommario/riassunto

In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch.Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire Traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire Includes a new chapter on legislation, further information on the monuments of the Augustan period, more maps and illustrations, and a



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