Anthony R Birley

Septimius Severus (eBook, ePUB)

The African Emperor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable background and career. Severus was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign, AD 193-211, represents a key point in Roman history. Birley explores what was African and what was Roman in Septimius' background, given that he came from an African city. He asks whether Septimius was a 'typical cosmopolitan bureaucrat', a 'new Hannibal on the throne of Caesar' or 'principle author of the decline of the Roman Empire'?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134707454
• Artikelnr.: 42669399

Autorenporträt

Anthony R. Birley is Professor of Ancient History at Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf. He was previously Professor of Ancient History at Manchester University. His previous books include three on Roman Britain as well as biographies of Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Emoria
2. Lepcis Magna: From Free State to Colonia
3. Life in Roman Tripolitania
4. The Broad stripe
5. Into the Emperor's Service
6. A Caesar Born to the Purple
7. The Great Marshall
8. Julia Domna
9. The Conspirators
10. The Year 193
11. The War Against Niger
12. The War Against Albinus
13. Parthia and Egypt
14. Return to Africa
15. The Years in Italy
16. Expiditio Felicissima Brittanica
17. Aftermath and Assessment.