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Auteur(s) : Alston, Richard (1965-....)
Titre(s) : Rome's revolution [Texte imprimé] : death of the republic and birth of the empire / Richard Alston
Publication : New York (NY) : Oxford University Press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-385 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Collection : Ancient warfare and civilization
Lien à la collection : Ancient warfare and civilization
Comprend : The historian's problem: the Augustan Paradox ; Death of a dictator ; The crisis
of the republic ; Caesar and Pompey ; Mutina: the last battle of the republic ;
A victory lost: the defeat of the senate ; The revolution begins ; Death in Rome
; The triumvirs' victory ; The soldiers' peace ; The triumvirs' wars ; Antony and
Cleopatra: love and its enemies ; The invention of Augustus ; The Augustan republic
; Anarchy and power ; The Augustan order ; The imperial monarchy ; Death of an
emperor ; Cast of characters ; Bibliography.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-378) and index
"On March 15th, 44 BC a group of senators stabbed Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome.
By his death, they hoped to restore Rome's Republic. Instead, they unleashed a revolution.
By December of that year, Rome was plunged into a violent civil war. Three men--Mark
Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian--emerged as leaders of a revolutionary regime, which
crushed all opposition. In time, Lepidus was removed, Antony and Cleopatra were dispatched,
and Octavian stood alone as sole ruler of Rome. He became Augustus, Rome's first emperor,
and by the time of his death in AD 14 the 500-year-old republic was but a distant
memory and the birth of one of history's greatest empires was complete. Rome's Revolution
provides a riveting narrative of this tumultuous period of change. Historian Richard
Alston digs beneath the high politics of Cicero, Caesar, Antony, and Octavian to reveal
the experience of the common Roman citizen and soldier. He portrays the revolution
as the crisis of a brutally competitive society, both among the citizenry and among
the ruling class whose legitimacy was under threat. Throughout, he sheds new light
on the motivations that drove men to march on their capital city and slaughter their
compatriots. He also shows the reasons behind and the immediate legacy of the awe
inspiringly successful and ruthless reign of Emperor Augustus. An enthralling story
of ancient warfare, social upheaval, and personal betrayal, Rome's Revolution offers
an authoritative new account of an epoch which still haunts us today." -- Publisher's
description
Sujet(s) : César, Jules (0100-0044 av. J.-C.)
Rome -- 30 av. J.-C.-14 (Auguste)
Rome -- 264-30 av. J.-C.
Indice(s) Dewey :
937.07 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Péninsule italienne - 0031 av. J.-C.-0284 ap. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199739769 (hardback). - ISBN 0199739765 (hardback). - ISBN 9780190231606
(erroné) (electronic text). - ISBN 9780190231613 (erroné) (electronic text)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443443601
Notice n° :
FRBNF44344360
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
