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04317aam a22006018i 4500 001 AE2B712E40A611E9BD22A04597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191121025255 008 180730t20192019nyuabf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2018036261 020 $a 145166883X 020 $a 9781451668834 035 $a (OCoLC)1048057943 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d FMG $d DAD $d FM0 $d OQX $d ZLF $d OCLCO $d OJ4 $d IK2 $d TOH $d OCLCO $d A2A $d LEB $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a aw----- $a ff----- $a aw----- 050 00 $a DG274 $b .S77 2019 082 00 $a 937/.060922 $2 23 084 $a BIO006000 $a HIS010020 $a BIO006000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Strauss, Barry S., $e author. 245 10 $a Ten Caesars : $b Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine / $c Barry Strauss. 246 30 $a Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine 250 $a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. Barry Strauss's Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and gradually emperors came not from the old families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. In the imperial era Roman women--mothers, wives, mistresses--had substantial influence over the emperors, and Strauss also profiles the most important among them, from Livia, Augustus's wife, to Helena, Constantine's mother. But even women in the imperial family faced limits and the emperors often forced them to marry or divorce for purely political reasons. Rome's legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business--the government of an empire--by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is essential history as well as fascinating biography"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and index. 505 0 $a Augustus, the Founder -- Tiberius, the Tyrant -- Nero, the Entertainer -- Vespasian, the Commoner -- Trajan, the Best Prince -- Hadrian, the Greek -- Marcus Aurelius, the Philosopher -- Septimius Severus, the African -- Diocletian, the Great Divider -- Constantine, the Christian. 650 0 $a Emperors $z Rome $v Biography. 651 0 $a Rome $x History $y Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 19 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014858.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305015523.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025011907.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020021157.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909052659.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220806011207.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20200923010147.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529014926.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310034304.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094004.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110080102.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103022920.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191122025424.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20190912031019.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190816010423.0 952 $l DHPB993 $d 20190716011446.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20190619010454.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190403010246.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190307010111.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AE2B712E40A611E9BD22A04597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search