Augustus : Introduction to the Life of an Emperor.
In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification.
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Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; AUGUSTUS: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS, GENEALOGICAL CHART, AND ILLUSTRATIONS; TIMELINE; NOTE ON MAJOR ANCIENT SOURCES; PREFACE; 1: FROM VELITRAE TO CAESAR'S HEIR; AUGUSTUS GETS A "LIFE"; FAMILY CONNECTIONS; THE INFLUENCE OF HIS MOTHER; EDUCATION; OCTAVIUS AND CAESAR; CAESAR'S HEIR; 2: POWER STRUGGLES AND CIVIL WAR; CAESAR'S HEIR ASSERTS HIMSELF; After the Ides; Mark Antony; Building a Base; Cicero and the Senate; The Rogue Operator; Octavian's Coup; THE BLOODY YEARS; Octavian Up Close: Negatives.
- Octavian Up Close: PositivesMarriages; THE BLOODY YEARS: HISTORY; Triumvirate; Italy and Sextus Pompey; Antony in the East; THE FINAL STAGE: OCTAVIAN VS. ANTONY; ACTIUM AND ALEXANDRIA; RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT; 3: THE EXPERIMENT OF THE PRINCIPATE; RESTORATION: HOW?; THE "RESTORED" REPUBLIC; "Augustus"; Return to Constitutional Government; Contemporary Responses; CHOOSING THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY; The Basis of Power: The Army?; A Material Basis of Power; CONTINUING EXPERIMENTATION; Pater and Pontifex; Self-stylization: Civilis Princeps; Wide Horizons; Power: The Knowledge Dimension.
- 4: THE CHALLENGE OF PAX AUGUSTAPAX: MEANING AND PRACTICE; GOLDEN AGE REALITIES; GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND MORAL LEADERSHIP; THE ROLE OF RELIGION; SUCCEEDING AUGUSTUS; 5: AUGUSTUS AT HOME: Friends and Family; LIVIA: WIFE AND CONSIGLIERE; AGRIPPA: RIGHT-HAND MAN AND VICEROY; JULIA: CHATTEL AND REBEL; TIBERIUS: COMPETENT AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED; MORE ON THE GRANDCHILDREN; "WE ARE FAMILY": THE ALTAR OF AUGUSTAN PEACE; AUGUSTUS AT HOME; THE "HOUSE OF AUGUSTUS"; 6: CULTURAL VITALITY; "AUGUSTAN" CHARACTERISTICS: OVERVIEW AND SOME EXAMPLES; AUGUSTAN PROPAGANDA?; THE REMAKING OF ROME.
- CHAPTER 7CHAPTER 8; INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGES AND INSCRIPTIONS.
