Ebook {Epub PDF} Augustus: The Life of Romes First Emperor by Anthony Everitt

 · Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor: Author: Anthony Everitt: Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, ISBN: , Length: 4/5(2). Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt [Augustus] himself is a shadowy figure. Many books have been written about his achievements, but they have tended to focus on the Augustan age, rather than on the man as he was. My hope is to make Augustus come alive. Augustus, by British historian Anthony Everitt, is a detailed biography of Rome's first emperor. A few aspects of Octavian's (Augustus' name before the Senate voted him the honorific "Augustus") that I found particularly interesting include the following. 1. Octavian was a Cited by: 8.

As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man. Augustus: The Life of Romes First Emperor | Chapter 17 of VIII. DIVIDED WORLD. B.C. The great families that had controlled the Senate and the consulship had been bloodily culled and many now disappear from the historical record. Most of the senior politicians active before the civil wars had joined their ancestors. 'Starred review. Everitt, whose biography of the great orator Cicero evoked Rome on the cusp of empire with dazzling energy, again captures the color of the city and an era in a biography of Rome's first bona fide emperor. A magnificent work, a must-read for anyone interested in classical times,'Booklist. pages, softcover. Random House.

As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man. Augustus The Life Of Romes First Emperor|Anthony Everitt, The Southern Review Classic Reprint|Methodist Episcopal Church, English Legal System Nutshell|Charles Conway, Handwriting Analysis The Science of Determining Personality by Graphoanalysis|M N Bunker. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt [Augustus] himself is a shadowy figure. Many books have been written about his achievements, but they have tended to focus on the Augustan age, rather than on the man as he was.