Augustus Caesar
Augustus Caesar

Author: John Benjamin Firth

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9781334230332

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Excerpt from Augustus Caesar: And the Organisation of the Empire of Rome This volume may be considered to some extent as a sequel to the earlier volume on Julius Caesar in this series which was written by Mr. W. Warde Fowler. It also inevitably overlaps to a certain de gree the volume on Cicero, written by Mr. J. L. Strachan-davidson. I hope it may be found not Wholly unworthy to take a place by the side of those two brilliant studies. My Obligations to the in numerable scholars and historians who have worked and tilled the same ground before me are exceed ingly great. For the earlier period I may specially mention the illuminative essays in the great Dublin edition of The Letters of Cicero; for the constitu tional changes introduced by Augustus, Mr. A. H. J. Greenidge's Roman Puelz'c Life; and for the pro vincial administration, Professor Mommsen's well known work, The Provinces of Me Roman Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Augustus: From Republic to Empire
Augustus: From Republic to Empire

Author: Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1784917818

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Proceedings from the conference ‘AUGUSTUS. 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD – 2000 years of divinity’ held in Kakow, 2014. Papers deal with a variety of topics ranging from architecture, urban issues and painting to fine art represented by glyptics and numismatics.

Augustus Caesar and the Organisation of the Empire of Rome
Augustus Caesar and the Organisation of the Empire of Rome

Author: John Benjamin 1868- [From Old Ca Firth

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9781359477804

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Augustus Cæsar and the Organization of the Empire of Rome
Augustus Cæsar and the Organization of the Empire of Rome

Author: John Benjamin Firth

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-25

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 9781724021380

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Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor, was one of the most effective leaders the world has ever known. He knitted together the Roman world, east and west, into one great organisation of which the Emperor stood as the supreme head. He set his legions upon the distant frontiers and their swords formed a wall of steel within which commerce and peace might flourish. The security was not perpetual, yet it lasted for four centuries, and saved ancient civilisation from destruction. But for the Empire and the system inaugurated by Augustus, there is every probability that the Roman civilisation would have been as thoroughly wiped out in Gaul and Spain, as it was in northern Africa, and as the civilisation of Greece was blotted out in Asia Minor and Syria. We may regret the degeneration of Rome, its loss of freedom, the tyranny of the later Emperors, the civil wars which followed, and the decay of the old martial spirit in the Roman people. But the seeds of degeneration and decay had been planted in the days of the Republic, and would have come to maturity far sooner if there had been no Augustus and no Empire. Augustus started the Roman world on a new career. He made it realise its unity for the first time. That was his life-work, and its consequences are felt to this day. John B. Firth's work is brilliant study of this remarkable man and the empire that he forged. "attractive as well as scholarly ... will certainly be helpful to all who are interested in Augustus and his age." George Willis Botsford, The American Historical Review John Benjamin Firth was a British historian of the ancient world. One of his most famous works was his translation of the letters of the younger Pliny. Augustus Cæsar And The Organization Of The Empire Of Rome was first published in 1902 and Firth passed away in 1943.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Author: Mary Beard

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 743

ISBN-13: 1631491253

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New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus Reviews Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Gift Guide Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" (Atlantic). In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, SPQR will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.