Augustus: The Golden Age of Rome

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Augustus: The Golden Age of Rome
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Another in a series of superb biographies of ancient leaders, G. P. Baker tackles the life and times of Gaius Octavius Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), first emperor of Rome and founder of a Roman state that endured for centuries. Physically weak and plagued by ill health, he was only eighteen years old when Julius Caesar's assassination thrust him, as his uncle's chief heir and adopted son, into the forefront of the subsequent political and military turmoil. This book details his ruthless path to power, in which he outmaneuvered and outfought such rivals as Cassius, Brutus, Lepidus, Mark Anthony, and Cleopatra. Augustus embodied and represented the tremendous currents that transformed Rome from a small Italian city situated on the Tiber River to a powerful empire that bestrode the known world as no other colossus ever had. Augustus was astute and artful enough to balance republican traditions with imperial realities, skillfully maintaining the delicate faÃ§ade to achieve his goals, so that, late in life, he could rightfully claim, "I left Rome a city of marble, though I found it a city of bricks."
Country USA
Brand Brand: Cooper Square Press
Manufacturer Cooper Square Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780815410898
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Cooper Square Press
Manufacturer	Cooper Square Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780815410898
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Augustus: The Golden Age of Rome

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