Augustus Caesar

David Shotter9780203022887, 9780415060486, 9780415319355, 0415060486, 0415319358

This pamphlet places Augustus Caesar firmly in the context of his own times. It explores the background to his spectacular rise to power, his political and imperial reforms, the creation of the Respublica of Augustus, and the legacy he left to his successors. By examining the hopes and expectations of Augustus’ contemporaries and his own personal characteristics of statesmanship and unscrupulous ambition, Shotter reveals that the reasons for Augustus’ success lie partly in the complexity of the man himself, and partly in the unique nature of the times in which he lived.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 2
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Foreword……Page 8
List of figures……Page 9
Acknowledgements……Page 10
Abbreviations……Page 11
Introduction……Page 12
1 The Roman Republic……Page 14
2 The crisis of the Republic……Page 21
3 Octavian……Page 32
4 The powers of Augustus……Page 39
5 Auctoritas, patronage and the administration……Page 48
6 The Respublica of Augustus……Page 59
7 The Empire and the Augustan peace……Page 68
8 The city of marble……Page 83
9 The succession……Page 93
10 The legacy of Augustus……Page 101
APPENDIX I Chief dates in the life and career of Augustus……Page 105
APPENDIX II Provinces and armies in AD 14……Page 107
APPENDIX III The sources for Augustus’ Principate……Page 109
APPENDIX IV Glossary of Latin terms……Page 114
Modern authorities……Page 121