Julia Augusti

Author : Elaine Fantham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134323441
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Julia Augusti written by Elaine Fantham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society. Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty. Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies each stage of Julia’s life in remarkable detail: her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structure her youth - set against the brilliant social and cultural life of the new Augustan Rome her marriages - as tools for Augustus’ plans for succession Julia’s violation of her father’s moral regime, and the betrayal of her absent husband. Reflecting new attitudes, and casting fresh light on their social reality, this outstanding biography will delight, entertain and inform anyone interested in this engaging Classical figure.

Author : Elaine Fantham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134323433
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Julia Augusti written by Elaine Fantham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society. Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty. Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies each stage of Julia’s life in remarkable detail: her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structure her youth - set against the brilliant social and cultural life of the new Augustan Rome her marriages - as tools for Augustus’ plans for succession Julia’s violation of her father’s moral regime, and the betrayal of her absent husband. Reflecting new attitudes, and casting fresh light on their social reality, this outstanding biography will delight, entertain and inform anyone interested in this engaging Classical figure.

Author : Rose Mary Sheldon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538114895
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill Caesar! written by Rose Mary Sheldon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Why were Rome’s first emperors—the good, the bad, and the ugly—so vulnerable to conspiracies and assassination? . . . an expert analysis . . . compelling.” —Adrienne Mayor, author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates and Rome’s Deadliest Enemy Exploring the history of internal security under the first Roman dynasty, this groundbreaking book answers the enduring question: If there were 9,000 men guarding the emperor, how were three-quarters of Rome’s leaders assassinated? Rose Mary Sheldon traces the evolution of internal security mechanisms under the Julio-Claudians, evaluating the system that Augustus first developed to protect the imperial family and the stability of his dynasty. Yet in spite of the intensive precautions taken, there were multiple attempts on his life. Like all emperors, Augustus had a number of competing constituencies—the senate, the army, his extended family, the provincials, and the populace of Rome—but were they all equally threatening? Indeed, the biggest threat would come from those closest to the emperor—his family and the aristocracy. Even Roman imperial women were deeply involved in instigating regime change. By the fourth emperor, Caligula, the Praetorian Guards were already participating in assassinations, and the army too was becoming more politicized. Sheldon weighs the accuracy of ancient sources: Does the image of the emperor presented to us represent reality or what the people who killed him wanted us to think? Were Caligula and Nero really crazy, or did senatorial historians portray them that way to justify their murder? Was Claudius really the fool found drooling behind a curtain and made emperor, or was he in on the plot from the beginning? These and other fascinating questions are answered as Sheldon concludes that the repeated problem of “killing Caesar” reflected the empire’s larger dynamics and turmoil.

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195170725
Total Pages : 3369 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. - Vol. 1 - 7 written by Michael Gagarin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 3369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marjorie Lightman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438107943
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women written by Marjorie Lightman and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biographical dictionary profiling more than 500 important ancient Greek and Roman women, including when and where they lived, and notable accomplishments.

Author : Francis Hobler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375102135
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Records of Roman History written by Francis Hobler and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

Author : Guglielmo Ferrero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The republic of Augustus written by Guglielmo Ferrero and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold Mattingly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius written by Harold Mattingly and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold Mattingly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius, by H. Mattingly and E. A. Sydenham written by Harold Mattingly and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Roman Women written by Paul Chrystal and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: