Karl Galinsky

Augustus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780521767972
• ISBN-10: 0521767970
• Artikelnr.: 36125510

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.