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Rome's revolution : death of the republic and birth of the empire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alston, Richard, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Ancient warfare and civilization.
Subjects:
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome > History > Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Rome (Empire)
265 B.C. - 14 A.D.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 triumvirs' victory
  • The soldiers' peace
  • The triumvirs' wars
  • Antony and Cleopatra: love and its enemies
  • The invention of Augustus
  • The Augustan republic
  • Anarchy and power
  • The Augustan order
  • The imperial monarchy
  • Death of an emperor
  • Cast of characters
  • Bibliography.