Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index.
Contents:
Augustus' career in overview : the res gestae -- Modest origins, powerful relatives -- Seizing power and legalizing usurpation -- The triumvirate : dictatorship sanctioned by law -- The path to formal legitimation as a ruler -- The final battles for power : Actium and Alexandria -- A new political order : the principate takes shape -- The principate develops further -- The princeps and the Roman elite -- The practical implementation of political power : governing the empire -- Shaping the lives of men -- A standing army -- War and peace : expanding the empire -- Rome, the Augustan city -- The quest for political continuity: the succession -- Augustus' death and the future of the empire.
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