Life Of Augustus

Author : Anthony Everitt
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812970586
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustus written by Anthony Everitt and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, instead choosing to chronicle the age in which he lived. Here, Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of Cicero, gives a spellbinding and intimate account of his illustrious subject. Augustus began his career as an inexperienced teenager plucked from his studies to take center stage in the drama of Roman politics, assisted by two school friends, Agrippa and Maecenas. Augustus’s rise to power began with the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, and culminated in the titanic duel with Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The world that made Augustus–and that he himself later remade–was driven by intrigue, sex, ceremony, violence, scandal, and naked ambition. Everitt has taken some of the household names of history–Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, Cleopatra–whom few know the full truth about, and turned them into flesh-and-blood human beings. At a time when many consider America an empire, this stunning portrait of the greatest emperor who ever lived makes for enlightening and engrossing reading. Everitt brings to life the world of a giant, rendered faithfully and sympathetically in human scale. A study of power and political genius, Augustus is a vivid, compelling biography of one of the most important rulers in history.

Author : Suetonius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199686459
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life of Augustus written by Suetonius and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor, presenting a mass of historical and biographical detail about both his public and personal lives. This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' work in English, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing how it relates to other ancient accounts, and assessing its historical reliability. The commentary is the first to be accessible to readers without any knowledge of Latin or Greek due to its use of English lemmata, while the new translation remains faithful to the original Latin. Accompanied by an introduction which investigates the career of Suetonius, the date of the Lives of the Caesars, the structure of the Life of Augustus, the various sources utilized by Suetonius, and the way in which the reader should approach this complex text, the commentary also looks to examine Suetonius' work not just as a repository of facts, but as a literary artefact carefully constructed by its author.

Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300210078
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustus written by Adrian Goldsworthy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed historian and author of Caesar presents “a first-rate popular biography” of Rome’s first emperor, written “with a storyteller’s brio” (Washington Post). The story of Augustus’ life is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord whose only claim to power was as the grand-nephew and heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him “a boy who owes everything to a name,” but he soon outmaneuvered a host of more experienced politicians to become the last man standing in 30 BC. Over the next half century, Augustus created a new system of government—the Principate or rule of an emperor—which brought peace and stability to the vast Roman Empire. In this highly anticipated biography, Goldsworthy puts his deep knowledge of ancient sources to full use, recounting the events of Augustus’ long life in greater detail than ever before. Goldsworthy pins down the man behind the myths: a consummate manipulator, propagandist, and showman, both generous and ruthless. Under Augustus’ rule the empire prospered, yet his success was constantly under threat and his life was intensely unpredictable.

Author : Jim Whiting
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612288936
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Augustus Caesar written by Jim Whiting and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a teenager named Octavian learned that he was the heir of Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in Rome, it seemed like a recipe for disaster. Caesar had just been assassinated, and in the chaotic world of Roman politics the inexperienced young man would seem to have no chance against men two and three times his age. But Octavian had a genius for politics. Within a year he emerged as one of three leaders of Rome. Just over a decade later he took total control. Soon afterward, the Roman people gave him a new name, Augustus Caesar. It was the name which would make him immortal. He ushered in a period of peace and prosperity, ending decades of civil conflict that had cost thousands of lives. His reign was also characterized by a flourishing of art and architecture. He was the first ruler of the Roman Empire. He was almost certainly the best.

Author : Karl Galinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521744423
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustus written by Karl Galinsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification.

Author : Jochen Bleicken
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241003903
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustus written by Jochen Bleicken and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great modern biography of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire Born to a plebeian family in 63 BC, Octavian was a young solder training abroad when he heard news of Julius Caesar's brutal assassination - and discovered that he was the dictator's sole political heir. With the opportunism and instinct for propaganda that were to characterize his rule, Octavian rallied huge financial, military and political backing to eliminate his opponents, end the bloody turmoil that had so long wracked Rome and, finally, take autocratic control of a state devoted to republicanism. He became Augustus - Rome's first Emperor, and the founder of the greatest empire the world had ever seen. In this monumental biography, translated into English for the first time by Anthea Bell, Jochen Bleicken tells the story of a man who found himself a demi-god in his own lifetime and paints a portrait of one of the most dramatic periods of Roman history.

Author : Peter Wings
Publisher : Story of Rome
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar Augustus written by Peter Wings and published by Story of Rome. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caesar Augustus is the single man who had the most influence over the story of our world. Caesar was a strong personality. He was intriguing, intelligent, strategic, smart and ambitious. His life is full of drama, gambles, risks and success. A true leader of men. In this book we will discover the life of Caesar Augustus, his major accomplishments and the man behind the emperor. A truly unique biography.

Author : Nicolaus of Damascus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316531236
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nicolaus of Damascus: The Life of Augustus and The Autobiography written by Nicolaus of Damascus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicolaus of Damascus, the chief minister of Herod the Great, was an exact contemporary of the first Roman emperor Augustus; he spent considerable time in Roman society and knew Augustus. The extensive remains of his Bios Kaisaros contain the earliest and most detailed account of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar and his assassination. The Bios also presents the most extensive account of the boyhood and early development of Augustus. This edition presents the Greek text and translation of the Bios and Nicolaus' autobiography, along with a historical and historiographical commentary. The Introduction situates the text in relation to the considerable evidence for the life and career of Nicolaus preserved in the works of Josephus, addresses the problem of its date of composition, analyses the language and narrative technique of Nicolaus and discusses the Bios in relation to the evidence for Greek biographical encomium.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720450832
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustus Caesar written by Hourly History and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AugustusHe was the first emperor of one of the greatest empires ever known to man. He commanded unmatched authority in the ancient world and was always one step ahead of his opponents. He had an intellect and a sharp wit that could cut down his foes just as easily as the steel of his sword. The life of Octavian-later known as Augustus-is so rich and full, it would take several volumes to cover all of his exploits. Although he lived and died over 2,000 years ago, this founder of the Roman Empire is as intriguing as ever. Inside you will read about...✓ The Adoptive Son of Julius Caesar ✓ Defeating Mark Antony ✓ The Second Triumvirate ✓ The Suicide Pact ✓ The First Roman Emperor And much more! Learn the riveting history and the inspirational life of the most noble Roman of them all-Augustus.

Author : Werner Eck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405151498
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Augustus written by Werner Eck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire Traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire Includes a new chapter on legislation, further information on the monuments of the Augustan period, more maps and illustrations, and a stemma of Augustus' family Thorough, straightforward, and organized chronologically, this is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time