Richard Alston

Rome's Revolution

Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780199739769
• ISBN-10: 0199739765
• Artikelnr.: 42395443

Autorenporträt

Richard Alston is Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the author or editor of over a dozen books on ancient Rome and antiquity.

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