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PUBLISHED
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007
EDITION
Second edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1405182032, 9781405182034
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit
CONTENTS
Augustus' career in overview : the res gestae --
Modest origins, powerful relatives --
Seizing power and legalizing usurpation --
Triumvirate : dictatorship sanctioned by law --
Path to formal legitimation as a ruler --
Final battles for power : Actium and Alexandria --
A new political order : the principate takes shape --
Principate develops further --
Princeps and the Roman elite --
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 --
Quest for political continuity: the succession --
Augustus' death and the future of the empire