Ebook: Augustus
Author: Jonathan Edmondson (editor)
- Tags: Augustus -- Emperor of Rome -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. Rome -- History -- Augustus 30 B.C.-14 A.D. Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-68 A.D. Augustus -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Emperor of Rome. HISTORY -- Ancient. Augustus -- Emperor of Rome -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D Politics and government Rome (Empire)
- Series: Edinburgh Readings in the Ancient World
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- City: Edinburgh, Rome, Rome (Empire)
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
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Augustus (63 BC - AD 14), the first Roman emperor, brought peace and stability to Rome after decades of strife and uncertainty. He put in place a new institutional framework for the Roman Empire and inspired the ideology that sustained it for the next three hundred years. This book presents a selection of the most important scholarship on Augustus and the contribution he made to the development of the Roman state in the early imperial period.Chapters include: Augustus' dramatic rise to prominence following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and the nature of his powers first as triumvir, then as Princeps; his policy regarding overseas wars and expansion, his administrative and military reforms of the Roman state; the role of his own family, his wife Livia, his son-in-law Agrippa and his adopted sons Gaius and Lucius Caesar and then Tiberius, in public life; his concern to reinforce Roman religion and family life; the development of an ideology that helped bolster his authority as ruler of an expan
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