Octavian's Rise to Power: Impact on Leadership, Culture, Society and Politics in the Roman World - Brossura

Willow Sainsbury; Neil Johnson

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1871622735 ISBN 13: 9781871622737

Casa editrice: Marius Press, 2013

Riassunto

This is a clear account of the turbulent period in Roman history spanning the years between the end of the Republic, with the assassination of Julius Caesar, and the period of the Emperors, commencing with Octavian's assumption of supreme power. This was a time of wars fought and of treaties made and broken; arranged marriages, very public love affairs and bitter divorces; acts of unimaginable cruelty and others of surprising leniency; propaganda and the manipulation of image; murder, terror and betrayal; punitive taxation, and innocent people dispossessed of their homes and forced to flee their country. Above all, it is the story of a leader whose profound impact on the Roman world can be fully understood only by examining the way in which he rose to power. The main text is supplemented with 11 specially prepared maps, detailed end-of-chapter notes, quizzes and guiding concept questions, and the book ends with a Chronology and a Dramatis Personae section giving brief details of all those who are referred to in the book. The book is ideally suited for use as a text for students in their final two years of high-school who are studying Classical Studies or Classical Civilization, and it will also be particularly useful for undergraduates in Classics-related subjects.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Marius Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1871622735
• ISBN 13: 9781871622737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Disegnatore: Aïcha Wijland