Augustan Succession - An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio s Roman History Books 55 56

Zusatztext An excellent historical commentary... which will be of great help to all students and scholars who study the last twenty years of Augustus' reign. Informationen zum Autor Peter Michael Swan is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Saskatchewan. He is general editor of the series "An Historical Commentary on the Roman History of Cassius Dio." Klappentext This is an historical commentary on Books 55-56 of Dio's Roman History. These books recount the last half of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, above all his orchestration of the first imperial succession. Addressed to both students and scholars, the new commentary is the first since the eighteenth century to offer full and fresh treatment of this segment of Dio's work. Zusammenfassung The Augustan Succession is an historical commentary on Books 55-56 of Dio's Roman History. These books recount the last half of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, above all his orchestration of the first imperial succession. Addressed to both students and scholars, the new commentary is the first since the eighteenth century to offer full and fresh treatment of this segment of Dio's work.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Michael Swan, Peter Michael (Professor Emeritus of History Swan, Swan Peter Michael
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780195167740
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516774-0
• Seiten: 448
• Serien: American Classical Studies; Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies; Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation