The age of Augustus [electronic resource] Werner Eck.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Blackwell ancient livesPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 209 p. : ill., mapsUniform titles:- Augustus und seine Zeit. English
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- DG279 .E2513 2007
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Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.