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The age of Augustus [electronic resource] Werner Eck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 937/.07092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • DG279 .E2513 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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