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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Strauss, Barry S. (1953-....)
Titre(s) : The war that made the Roman Empire [Texte imprimé] : Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium / Barry Strauss
Édition : First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Publication : New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-334) and index
"The story of one of history's most decisive and yet little known battles, the Battle
of Actium in 31 BC, which brought together Antony and Cleopatra on one side and Octavian,
soon to be emperor Augustus, on the other, and whose outcome determined the future
of the Roman Empire"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
Sujet(s) : Octave (0063 av. J.-C.-0014 ; Triumvir)
Cléopâtre VII (0069-0030 av. J.-C. ; reine d'Égypte)
Antoine, Marc (0083?-0030 av. J.-C.)
Bataille d'Actium (31 av. J.-C.)
Indice(s) Dewey :
937.05 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Péninsule italienne - 0146-0031 av. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781982116675. - ISBN 1982116676. - ISBN 9781982116682. - ISBN 1982116684. -
ISBN 9781982116699 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470789082
Notice n° :
FRBNF47078908
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue:. A forgotten monument--Nicopolis, Greece -- ; Part I:. The seeds of war,
44 to 32 BC -- ; The road to Philippi: Rome-Philippi, 44-42 BC -- ; The commander
and the queen: Ephesus-Tarsus-Alexandria-Perusia, 42 to 40 BC -- ; Three treaties
and a marriage: Sicily-Brundisium-Rome-Misenum-Athens-Tarentum, 40 to 36 BC -- ; Octavian's
victory, Antony's defeat and recovery: from Sicily to the Parthian Empire, 36 to 34
BC -- ; The coming of war: Rome-Ephesus-Athens, 32 BC -- ; Part 2:. A plan and an
attack, Autumn 32 to April 31 BC -- ; The invaders: western Greece, Autumn 32 BC --
; The naval crown: Italy, March 31 BC -- ; The African king: Methone, Greece, March
31 BC -- ; Sitting on a ladle: western Greece, April 31 BC -- ; Part 3:. The battle,
August to September 2, 31 BC -- ; Apollo's revenge: Actium, August 31 BC -- ; The
clash: Actium, September 2, 31 BC: morning -- ; The golden ship with purple sails:
Actium, September 2, 31 BC: approximately 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. -- ; "I preferred to save
rather than to destroy": Actium-Asia Minor, September 3, 31 BC to Spring 30 BC --
; Part 4:. The end game: September 31 to January 27 BC -- ; Passage to India: Alexandria,
September 31 to August 30 BC -- ; The bite of the asp: Alexandria, August 1 to 10,
30 BC -- ; "I wanted to see a king": Alexandria, 30 BC -- ; The triumph of Augustus:
Rome, August 29 to January 27 BC.