Richard Alston

Rome's Revolution

Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively, engrossing history of the downfall of the Roman Republic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780190663469
• ISBN-10: 0190663464
• Artikelnr.: 47721712

Autorenporträt

Richard Alston is Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117 and Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
The Historian's Problem
Death of a Dictator
The Crisis of the Republic
Caesar and Pompey
Mutina: The Last Battle of the Republic
A Victory Lost: The Defeat of the Senate
The Revolution Begins
Death in Rome
The Revolution Complete: From Philippi to Perusia
The Triumviral Wars
Antony and Cleopatra: Love and its Enemies
The Invention of Augustus
The Augustan Republic
Anarchy and Power
The Imperial Order
The Conquest of the World
Buying Rome: Empire, Money, and Power in the Augustan Regime
Death of an Emperor
Epilogue: Tiberius the Emperor
Bibliography
Index