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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. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. |
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
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Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
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30 B.C.-68 A.D |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biografieën (vorm)
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Galinsky, Karl. Augustus : Introduction to the Life of an Emperor. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9780521767972 |
| ISBN |
9781139518345 (electronic book) |
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1139518348 (electronic book) |
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9781139045575 (electronic book) |
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1139045571 (electronic book) |
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1139514849 |
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9781139514842 |
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9781139516495 |
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1139516493 |
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9780521767972 |
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0521767970 |
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9780521744423 |
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0521744423 |
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9781139514842 |
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