Augustus : Introduction to the Life of an Emperor.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (226 pages)Content type: - text
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- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D
- Augustus Römisches Reich, Kaiser v63-14
- Emperors -- Rome -- Biography
- Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
- Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-68 A.D
- Empereurs -- Rome -- Biographies
- Rome -- Histoire -- 30 av. J.-C.-14 (Auguste)
- Rome -- Politique et gouvernement -- 30 av. J.-C.-68
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome
- Emperors
- Politics and government
- Rome (Empire)
- Romeinse keizertijd
- Romeinse rijk
- Romerska kejsare
- 30 B.C.-68 A.D
- 937.07092 937/.07092
- DG279 .G175 2012
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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.
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.
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.
CHAPTER 7CHAPTER 8; INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGES AND INSCRIPTIONS.
In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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