The Age of Augustus by Eck, Werner

The Age of Augustus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405151498)

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The Age of Augustus by Eck, Werner

The Age of Augustus

$44.95
The Age of Augustus by Eck, Werner

The Age of Augustus

$44.95
Format: Paperback
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In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch.

  • Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power
  • Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire
  • Traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire
  • Includes a new chapter on legislation, further information on the monuments of the Augustan period, more maps and illustrations, and a stemma of Augustus' family
  • Thorough, straightforward, and organized chronologically, this is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time


Author: Werner Eck
ISBN-10: 1405151498
ISBN-13: 9781405151498
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2007
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.60w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 38
By Werner Eck
By Werner Eck
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Werner Eck is Professor of Ancient History at Cologne University. He is one of the foremost Roman imperial historians in the world and his publications include Die Verwaltung des rischen Reiches in der Hohen Kaiserzeit (1995, 1998), Das senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre (with A. Caballos and F. Fern疣dez, 1996), Tra epigrafia, prosopografia e archeologia: Scritti scelti, rielaborati ed aggiornati (1996) and Das rische Kn. Geschichte einer Stadt im Rahmen des Imperium Romanum (2004). He is co-editor of the Zeitschrift f? Papyrologie und Epigraphik.

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