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Age of Augustus.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New York Academy of Sciences SeriesPublisher: Newark : Wiley, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781405182034
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Age of AugustusDDC classification:
  • 937/.07092 B
LOC classification:
  • DG279 .E2513 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Maps -- 1: Augustus' Career in Overview: The Res Gestae -- 2: Modest Origins, Powerful Relatives -- 3: Seizing Power and Legalizing Usurpation -- 4: The Triumvirate: Dictatorship Sanctioned by Law -- 5: The Path to Formal Legitimation as a Ruler -- 6: The Final Battles for Power: Actium and Alexandria -- 7: A New Political Order: The Principate Takes Shape -- 8: The Principate Develops Further -- 9: The Princeps and the Roman Elite -- 10: The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire -- 11: Shaping the Lives of Men -- 12: A Standing Army -- 13: War and Peace: Expanding the Empire -- 14: Rome, the Augustan City -- 15: The Quest for Political Continuity: The Succession -- 16: Augustus' Death and the Future of the Empire -- Time Line -- Appendix: The Res Gestae of Augustus -- The Res Gestae of Augustus by Sarolta A. Takács -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Maps -- 1: Augustus' Career in Overview: The Res Gestae -- 2: Modest Origins, Powerful Relatives -- 3: Seizing Power and Legalizing Usurpation -- 4: The Triumvirate: Dictatorship Sanctioned by Law -- 5: The Path to Formal Legitimation as a Ruler -- 6: The Final Battles for Power: Actium and Alexandria -- 7: A New Political Order: The Principate Takes Shape -- 8: The Principate Develops Further -- 9: The Princeps and the Roman Elite -- 10: The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire -- 11: Shaping the Lives of Men -- 12: A Standing Army -- 13: War and Peace: Expanding the Empire -- 14: Rome, the Augustan City -- 15: The Quest for Political Continuity: The Succession -- 16: Augustus' Death and the Future of the Empire -- Time Line -- Appendix: The Res Gestae of Augustus -- The Res Gestae of Augustus by Sarolta A. Takács -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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