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200 10$aAugustus $eimage and substance /$fBarbara Levick
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (376 p.)
300   $aFirst published 2010 by Pearson Education.
311   $a0-582-89421-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aCover; 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. General
330   $aThroughout 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 po
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