Augustus : First Emperor of Rome Augustus : First Emperor of Rome

Augustus : First Emperor of Rome

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Publisher Description

Caesar Augustus's story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him "a boy who owes everything to a name," but in the years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older and more experienced politicians and was the last man standing in 30 BC. Over the next half century, he reinvented himself as a servant of the state who gave Rome peace and stability, and created a new system of government—the Principate, or rule of an emperor.

Adrian Goldsworthy pins down the man behind the myths: a consummate manipulator, propagandist, and showman, both generous and ruthless. Under Augustus's rule, the empire prospered, yet his success was never assured, and the events of his life unfolded with exciting unpredictability.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
DP
Derek Perkins
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
18:25
hr min
RELEASED
2014
August 26
PUBLISHER
Tantor Media, Inc
SIZE
818.2
MB
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