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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797274403321
• Autore: Alston Richard <1965->
• 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: 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