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UNINA9910795829603321 |
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Autore |
Eck Werner |
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Titolo |
Age of Augustus |
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Williston : , : Wiley, , 2007 |
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9781405182034 |
9781405151498 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell Ancient Lives ; ; v.6 |
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Augustus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D |
Emperors -- Rome -- Biography |
Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Maps -- 1: Augustus' Career in Overview: The Res Gestae -- 2: Modest Origins, Powerful Relatives -- 3: Seizing Power and Legalizing Usurpation -- 4: The Triumvirate: Dictatorship Sanctioned by Law -- 5: The Path to Formal Legitimation as a Ruler -- 6: The Final Battles for Power: Actium and Alexandria -- 7: A New Political Order: The Principate Takes Shape -- 8: The Principate Develops Further -- 9: The Princeps and the Roman Elite -- 10: The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire -- 11: Shaping the Lives of Men -- 12: A Standing Army -- 13: War and Peace: Expanding the Empire -- 14: Rome, the Augustan City -- 15: The Quest for Political Continuity: The Succession -- 16: Augustus' Death and the Future of the Empire -- Time Line -- Appendix: The Res Gestae of Augustus -- The Res Gestae of Augustus by Sarolta A. Takács -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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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 |
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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 stemma of Augustus' family Thorough, straightforward, and organized chronologically, this is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. |
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UNINA9910781508103321 |
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Autore |
O'Brien Bruce R |
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Reversing Babel [[electronic resource] ] : translation among the English during an age of conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200 / / by Bruce R. O'Brien |
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Newark, : University of Delaware Press, c2011 |
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1-283-14594-4 |
9786613145949 |
1-61149-052-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Translating and interpreting - History - To 1500 |
Civilization, Medieval |
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures and Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ch01. Language and Translation in Early Medieval England; Ch02. Language Contact in Conquered England; Ch03. Motives; Ch04. Methods: Practical Matters; Ch05. Methods: Translators' Choices; Ch06. Final Observations; Appendix. Principal and Representative Translations; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
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The variety of medieval translation among the English, and among those translators working in the greater empires of Cnut, the Normans, and the Angevins, is remarkable. Reversing Babel does not try to describe all of it; rather, it charts a course through the evidence and tries to answer the fundamental questions medieval historians should |
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ask when their sources are medieval translations. |
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