Robin Seager (The University of Liverpool)

Tiberius

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Ancient Lives
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781405115292
• ISBN-10: 1405115297
• Artikelnr.: 21177551

Autorenporträt

Robin Seager is Reader in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Pompey: A Political Biography (1979), Ammianus Marcellinus: Seven Studies in His Language and Thought (1986) and Pompey the Great (Blackwell, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates.

List of Maps.

Preface to Second Edition.

Preface to First Edition.

Chronological Table.

Abbreviations.

Maps.

1 Tiberius' Childhood: The Political Background.

2 Tiberius and Augustus.

3 The Accession of Tiberius.

4 Germanicus and Drusus.

5 Tiberius as Princeps, ad 14-26.

6 Seianus.

7 The Last Years.

Conclusion.

Afterword.

Stemma.

The Sources.

Bibliography.

Additional Bibliography.

Index

Rezensionen

"This second edition is a welcome revision of the excellent Tiberius ... The book has much to commend it ... Undergraduates will find it an excellent resource, and one not beyond sixth-form students." Journal of Classics Teaching