Autore	Eck Werner
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina	937/.07092 B
Collana	Blackwell ancient lives
Soggetto topico	Emperors - Rome
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-93265-1 9786610932658 1-4051-8203-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451200503321

Autore	Richardson John <1946->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina	937.07092
Collana	The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome : EHAR
Soggetto topico	Emperors - Rome
ISBN	0-7486-2904-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series editor’s preface -- Author’s preface -- Abbreviations -- Map: The Roman Empire, AD 14 -- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. The assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath, 44–41 BC -- 3. The life and death of the triumvirate: from Philippi to Actium -- 4. Princeps, 29–12 BC -- 5. Emperor and empire, 12 BC–AD 14 -- 6. The achievements of the divine Augustus -- Chronology -- Guide to ancient authors -- Guide to further reading -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910790246903321

Autore	Swan Peter Michael <1931->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (449 p.)
Disciplina	937/.07
Collana	American classical studies Oxford scholarship online
ISBN	0-19-770432-8 1-280-53421-4 0-19-534714-5 1-4237-2084-9 1-4337-0090-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Notes for the Reader; Maps; 1. The Northern Frontiers; 2. Augustan Rome; 3. The East under Augustus; 4. Italy; 5. The Provinces in Dio's Time; 6. Rebellion in Illyricum A.D. 6-9; Introduction; 1. Chronology of Dio's Life, Career, and Writings; 2. How Dio Portrays Himself; 3. Dio's View of History; 4. Dio on Augustus' Place in Roman History; 5. How Dio Composed His Account of Augustus' Reign (31 B.C.- A.D. 14); 6. The Text of Books 55-56; Commentary; Book 55: 9 B.C.- A.D. 8; Book 56: A.D. 9-14; Appendixes; 1. How Dio Visualized Trans-Rhenane Germany under Augustus 2. Dio on Tiber Floods3. Augustan imperatores; 4. Dio on Distributions of Largesse (congiaria) in Augustan Rome; 5. Dio on Famines; 6. One More Problem in the Fasti Praenestini of 16 January; 7. Suetonius Aug. 34.1-2 and the Dates of Augustus' Marriage Laws; 8. Sources on the War in Dalmatia, A.D. 9; 9. Velleius 2.115.4 on the War in Dalmatia: An Emendation; 10. Sources on the Varian Disaster, A.D. 9; 11. On the Text of Dio 56.21.2-3 (Varian Disaster); 12. Augustus' Last Will: Substitute Heirs; 13. How Much Did Dio Alter the Editio Princeps of His History in Preparing Its Second Edition? 14. Dio 55.12.3[sup(a)]-5 (Xiph.-Zon.) on the Value of the Aureus and Denarius15. How the Book Numbers Work in Boissevain's Dio Edition, Vol. 3, Books 61-80; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Index; 1. Disputed or New Readings; 2. Index of Selected Passages; 3. Greek Words; 4. Latin Words; 5. Persons, Places, and Institutions
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910811929603321

Autore	Edmondson Jonathan
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (577 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	937.07092
Collana	Edinburgh readings on the ancient world
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Ancient / Rome
ISBN	1-4744-6796-2 0-7486-9538-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations -- Map of the Roman Empire, c. ad 14 -- Introduction: Approaching the Age of Augustus -- PART I The novus status: from III vir rei publicae constituendae to princeps -- Introduction to Part I: The novus status: from III vir rei publicae constituendae to princeps -- 1 Imperator Caesar: A Study in Nomenclature -- 2 Triumvirate and Principate -- 3 The Powers of Augustus -- 4 Augustus,War and Peace -- 5 Livia and theWomanhood of Rome -- PART II Res publica restituta -- Introduction to Part II: Res publica restituta -- 6 The Political Significance of Augustus’ Military Reforms -- 7 The Administrative Reforms of Augustus: Pragmatism or Systematic Planning? -- 8 Family and Inheritance in the Augustan Marriage Laws -- 9 To Honour the Princeps and Venerate the Gods: Public Cult, Neighbourhood Cults, and Imperial Cult in Augustan Rome -- PART III Images of Power and the Power of Images -- Introduction to Part III: Images of Power and the Power of Images -- 10 Monuments of the Battle of Actium: Propaganda and Response -- 11 Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras -- 12 Cybele, Virgil and Augustus -- 13 Livy, Augustus, and the Forum Augustum -- PART IV The Impact of Augustus in the Roman Provinces -- Introduction to Part IV: The Impact of Augustus in the Roman Provinces -- 14 Colonia Augusta Emerita, Capital of Lusitania -- 15 The Cities of the Greek World under Augustus -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Guide to Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910652539003321

Autore	Galinsky Karl <1942->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xxiv, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	937/.07092
Soggetto topico	Emperors - Rome
ISBN	1-139-50788-5 1-107-22516-7 1-139-04557-1 1-280-77504-1 9786613685438 1-139-51741-4 1-139-51484-9 1-139-51391-5 1-139-51649-3 1-139-51834-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	From Velitrae to Caesar's heir -- Power struggles and civil war -- The experiment of the principate -- The challenge of pax Augusta -- Augustus at home: friends and family -- Cultural vitality -- The Augustan empire: unity and diversity -- The final days and an assessment.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461935703321