| Uniform title | Augustus und seine Zeit. English |
| Series |
Blackwell ancient lives
Blackwell ancient lives. ^A587857
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| 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. |
| General note | Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006032838 |
| ISBN | 9781405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405182032 |
| ISBN | 9781405182034 |
