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
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments. List of Illustrations.
List of Maps.
1. Augustus’ Career in Overview: The Res Gestae.
2. Modest Origins, Powerful Relatives.
3. Seizing Power and Legalizing Usurpation.
4. The Triumvirate: Dictatorship Sanctioned by Law.
5. The Path to Formal Legitimation as a Ruler.
6. The Final Battles for Power: Actium and Alexandria.
7. A New Political Order: The Principate Takes Shape.
8. The Principate Develops Further.
9. The Princeps and the Roman Elite.
10. The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire.
11. Shaping the Lives of Men.
12. A Standing Army.
13. War and Peace: Expanding the Empire.
14. Rome, the Augustan City.
15. The Quest for Political Continuity: The Succession.
16. Augustus’ Death and the Future of the Empire.
Time Line.
Appendix: The Res Gestae of Augustus.
The Res Gestae of Augustus by Sarolta A. Takács.
Select Bibliography.
Index
