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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460327003321

Autore

Alston Richard <1965->

Titolo

Rome's revolution : death of the republic and birth of the empire / / Richard Alston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-023161-0

0-19-023160-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Ancient Warfare and Civilization

Disciplina

937/.05

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"" 13 The Invention of Augustus"""" 14 The Augustan Republic""; "" 15 Anarchy and Power""; "" 16 The Augustan Order""; "" 17 The Imperial Monarchy""; "" 18 Death of an Emperor""; ""Timeline""; ""Cast of Characters""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

On March 15th, 44 BC a group of senators stabbed Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome. By his death, they hoped to restore Rome's Republic. Instead, they unleashed a revolution. By December of that year, Rome was plunged into a violent civil war. Three men--Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian--emerged as leaders of a revolutionary regime, which crushed all opposition. In time, Lepidus was removed, Antony and Cleopatra were dispatched, and Octavian stood alone as sole ruler of Rome. He became Augustus, Rome's first emperor, and by the time of his death in AD 14 the 500-year-old republic was but a