The Roman RevolutionThe Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and property, and the establishment of Augustus' rule are presented in an unconventional narrative, which quotes from ancient evidence, refers seldomly to modern authorities, and states controversial opinions quite openly. The result is a book which is both fresh and compelling. |
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... Augustus and the establishment of his rule, embracing the years 44–23 B.C. (chapters vii–xxiii). The period witnessed a violent transference of powerandofproperty; and the Principate of Augustus should be regarded as the consolidation ...
... Augustus and the establishment of his rule, embracing the years 44–23 B.C. (chapters vii–xxiii). The period witnessed a violent transference of powerandofproperty; and the Principate of Augustus should be regarded as the consolidation ...
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... Augustus, consort in his powers. Not until that day was the funeral of the Free State consummated in solemnand legal ceremony. The corpse had long been dead. In common usage the reign of Augustus is regarded as the foundation of the ...
... Augustus, consort in his powers. Not until that day was the funeral of the Free State consummated in solemnand legal ceremony. The corpse had long been dead. In common usage the reign of Augustus is regarded as the foundation of the ...
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... Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome, Italy and the provinces. Yet the new dispensation, or 'novus status', was the work of fraud and bloodshed, based upon the seizure of power and redistribution of property by a revolutionary ...
... Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome, Italy and the provinces. Yet the new dispensation, or 'novus status', was the work of fraud and bloodshed, based upon the seizure of power and redistribution of property by a revolutionary ...
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... Augustus: his ability and greatness will all the more sharply be revealed by unfriendly presentation. But it is not enough to redeem Augustus from panegyricand revive the testimony of the vanquished cause. That would merely substitute ...
... Augustus: his ability and greatness will all the more sharply be revealed by unfriendly presentation. But it is not enough to redeem Augustus from panegyricand revive the testimony of the vanquished cause. That would merely substitute ...
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... Augustus'. Posterity was to know himas 'Divus Augustus'. In the early and revolutionary years the heir of Caesar never, it is true, referred to himselfas 'Octavianus'; the use of that name, possessing the sanction of literary tradition ...
... Augustus'. Posterity was to know himas 'Divus Augustus'. In the early and revolutionary years the heir of Caesar never, it is true, referred to himselfas 'Octavianus'; the use of that name, possessing the sanction of literary tradition ...
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