In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy
and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first
Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally
Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled the old
Republic, took on the new name 'Augustus', and ruled forty years
more with his equally remarkable wife Livia. Caesar's Legacy
grippingly retells the story of Augustus' rise to power by focusing
on how the bloody civil wars which he and his soldiers fought
transformed the lives of men and women throughout the Mediterranean
world and beyond. During this violent period citizens of Rome and
provincials came to accept a new form of government and found ways
to celebrate it. Yet they also mourned, in literary masterpieces
and stories passed on to their children, the terrible losses they
endured throughout the long years of fighting.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2006 |
First published: |
2006 |
Authors: |
Josiah Osgood
|
Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
452 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-67177-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-521-67177-9 |
Barcode: |
9780521671774 |
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