Rome's Revolution : Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire
Richard. Alston
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | : : Oxford University Press, , 2015.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (409 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Rome�s Revolution""; ""Series""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; "" 1 The Historian�s Problem: The Augustan Paradox""; "" 2 Death of a Dictator""; "" 3 The Crisis of the Republic""; "" 4 Caesar and Pompey""; "" 5 Mutina: The Last Battle of the Republic""; "" 6 A Victory Lost: The Defeat of the Senate""; "" 7 The Revolution Begins""; "" 8 Death in Rome""; "" 9 The Triumvirs� Victory""; "" 10 The Soldiers� Peace""; "" 11 The Triumviral Wars""; "" 12 Antony and Cleopatra: Love and its Enemies"". - "" 13 The Invention of Augustus"""" 14 The Augustan Republic""; "" 15 Anarchy and Power""; "" 16 The Augustan Order""; "" 17 The Imperial Monarchy""; "" 18 Death of an Emperor""; ""Timeline""; ""Cast of Characters""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"". - On March 15th, 44 BC a group of senators stabbed Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome. By his death, they hoped to restore Rome's Republic. Instead, they unleashed a revolution. By December of that year, Rome was plunged into a violent civil war. Three men--Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian--emerged as leaders of a revolutionary regime, which crushed all opposition. In time, Lepidus was removed, Antony and Cleopatra were dispatched, and Octavian stood alone as sole ruler of Rome. He became Augustus, Rome's first emperor, and by the time of his death in AD 14 the 500-year-old republic was but a
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| ISBN | 9780199739769
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