Augustus - Introduction to the Life of an Emperor

Informationen zum Autor Karl Galinsky is the Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. The author and editor of several books, including Augustan Culture and The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, he has received awards for his teaching and research, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Max-Planck Society. Klappentext In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. Zusammenfassung Augustus! Rome's first emperor! is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. A transformative leader! Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Velitrae to Caesar's heir; 2. Power struggles and civil war; 3. The experiment of the principate; 4. The challenge of pax Augusta; 5. Augustus at home: friends and family; 6. Cultural vitality; 7. The Augustan empire: unity and diversity; 8. The final days and an assessment.

Product details

• Authors: Karl Galinsky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2012
• EAN: 9780521744423
• ISBN: 978-0-521-74442-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; European History, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory