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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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Cover; AUGUSTUS: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS, GENEALOGICAL CHART, AND ILLUSTRATIONS; TIMELINE; NOTE ON MAJOR ANCIENT SOURCES; PREFACE; 1: FROM VELITRAE TO CAESAR'S HEIR; AUGUSTUS GETS A "LIFE"; FAMILY CONNECTIONS; THE INFLUENCE OF HIS MOTHER; EDUCATION; OCTAVIUS AND CAESAR; CAESAR'S HEIR; 2: POWER STRUGGLES AND CIVIL WAR; CAESAR'S HEIR ASSERTS HIMSELF; After the Ides; Mark Antony; Building a Base; Cicero and the Senate; The Rogue Operator; Octavian's Coup; THE BLOODY YEARS; Octavian Up Close: Negatives |
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Octavian Up Close: PositivesMarriages; THE BLOODY YEARS: HISTORY; Triumvirate; Italy and Sextus Pompey; Antony in the East; THE FINAL STAGE: OCTAVIAN VS. ANTONY; ACTIUM AND ALEXANDRIA; RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT; 3: THE EXPERIMENT OF THE PRINCIPATE; RESTORATION: HOW?; THE "RESTORED" REPUBLIC; "Augustus"; Return to Constitutional Government; Contemporary Responses; CHOOSING THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY; The Basis of Power: The Army?; A Material Basis of Power; CONTINUING EXPERIMENTATION; Pater and Pontifex; Self-stylization: Civilis Princeps; Wide Horizons; Power: The Knowledge Dimension |
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4: THE CHALLENGE OF PAX AUGUSTAPAX: MEANING AND PRACTICE; GOLDEN AGE REALITIES; GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND MORAL LEADERSHIP; THE ROLE OF RELIGION; SUCCEEDING AUGUSTUS; 5: AUGUSTUS AT HOME: Friends and Family; LIVIA: WIFE AND CONSIGLIERE; AGRIPPA: RIGHT-HAND MAN AND VICEROY; JULIA: CHATTEL AND REBEL; TIBERIUS: COMPETENT AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED; MORE ON THE GRANDCHILDREN; "WE ARE FAMILY": THE ALTAR OF AUGUSTAN PEACE; AUGUSTUS AT HOME; THE "HOUSE OF AUGUSTUS"; 6: CULTURAL VITALITY; "AUGUSTAN" CHARACTERISTICS: OVERVIEW AND SOME EXAMPLES; AUGUSTAN PROPAGANDA?; THE REMAKING OF ROME |
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CHAPTER 7CHAPTER 8; INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGES AND INSCRIPTIONS |
| Summary |
In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. fast |
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Augustus Römisches Reich, Kaiser v63-14 gnd |
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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Emperors
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Politics and government
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Romeinse keizertijd.
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Romerska kejsare.
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Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115125
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Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-68 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115181
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Rome (Empire)
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Romeinse rijk.
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Biographies
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History
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Biografieën (vorm)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139518345 |
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1139518348 |
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9781139045575 |
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1139045571 |
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1139514849 |
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9781139514842 |
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9781139507882 |
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1107225167 |
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9781107225169 |
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9781280775048 |
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9786613685438 |
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9781139517416 |
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1139513915 |
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9781139513913 |
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