03060oam 2200649I 450 991046396350332120200520144314.01-315-83529-01-317-86743-21-317-86744-010.4324/9781315835297 (CKB)2670000000528954(EBL)1638451(SSID)ssj0001131727(PQKBManifestationID)11592065(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131727(PQKBWorkID)11144805(PQKB)11273740(OCoLC)876043097(MiAaPQ)EBC1638451(Au-PeEL)EBL1638451(CaPaEBR)ebr10841599(CaONFJC)MIL762351(OCoLC)871224272(EXLCZ)99267000000052895420180706e20132010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAugustus image and substance /Barbara LevickFirst edition.Oxon [England] :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (376 p.)First published 2010 by Pearson Education.0-582-89421-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: The Enigma; Chapter 1 Octavian: Heir of an Autocrat; Chapter 2 Augustus: Political Evolution; Chapter 3 Techniques of Management and the Feel-Good Factor; Chapter 4 Opposition and Discontent; Chapter 5 The Self-Presentation of a Monarch; Chapter 6 Augustus in Art and Literature; Chapter 7 Unmasking a God; Glossary of Ancient Terms; Bibliography; Indexes 1. Peoples and Places; 2. Persons; 3. GeneralThroughout a long and spectacularly successful political life, the Emperor Augustus (63BC-AD14) was a master of spin. Barbara Levick exposes the techniques which he used to disguise the ruthlessness of his rise to power and to enhance his successes once power was achieved.There was, she argues, less difference than might appear between the ambitious youth who overthrew Anthony and Cleopatra and the admired Emperor of later years. However seemingly benevolent his autocracy and substantial his achievements, Augustus' overriding purpose was always to keep himself and his dynasty in poEmperorsRomeBiographyPolitical leadershipRomeCase studiesRomeKings and rulersBiographyRomeHistoryAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.DRomePolitics and government30 B.C.-284 A.DElectronic books.EmperorsPolitical leadership937/.07092Levick Barbara.152144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463963503321Augustus2121003UNINA