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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818666403321

Autore

Seager Robin

Titolo

Tiberius / / Robin Seager

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2005

ISBN

0-470-77541-6

9786611310561

0-470-77387-1

1-281-31056-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages)

Collana

Blackwell Ancient Lives

Disciplina

937/.07/092

B

Soggetti

Emperors - Rome

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

Rome History Tiberius, 14-37

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tiberius' childhood : the political background -- Tiberius and Augustus -- The accession of Tiberius -- Germanicus and Drusus -- Tiberius as princeps, ad 14-26 -- Seianus -- The last years.

Sommario/riassunto

Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor's complex character as the key to understanding his reign. The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. Argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. Shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. A new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come