02960nam 2200613 a 450 991045120050332120200520144314.01-280-93265-197866109326581-4051-8203-2(CKB)1000000000341791(EBL)306562(SSID)ssj0000100192(PQKBManifestationID)11127587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100192(PQKBWorkID)10020159(PQKB)11048218(MiAaPQ)EBC306562(Au-PeEL)EBL306562(CaPaEBR)ebr10182259(CaONFJC)MIL93265(OCoLC)476085451(EXLCZ)99100000000034179120061002d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe age of Augustus[electronic resource] /Werner Eck2nd ed.Malden, MA Blackwell Pub.20071 online resource (221 p.)Blackwell ancient livesTranslation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit.1-4051-5149-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index.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.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 stemma of AuBlackwell ancient lives.EmperorsRomeBiographyRomeHistoryAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.DElectronic books.Emperors937/.07092BEck Werner205199MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451200503321Augustus und seine Zeit17612UNINA