Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor

 

Anthony Everitt explores the life of the first Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, one of the most influential men in the history of the world. The life of Augustus is a study of leadership and power. Through the tumultuous period of time during the transition of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire, Augustus managed to maintain his power and ushered in the era of Pax Romana or Pax Augusta. He certainly extended the lifespan of Roman dominance and laid the foundations of European civilization that has continued over the last two thousand years.

“I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble.” – Caesar Augustus on his deathbead

Contents

1. Scenes from a Provincial Childhood
2. The Great-Uncle
3. A Political Master Class
4. Unfinished Business
5. A Boy with a Name
6. From Victory, Defeat
7. Killing Fields
8. Divided World
9. Golden Age
10. Fighting Neptune
11. Parthian Shots
12. East is East and West is West
13. The Phony War
14. Showdown
15. A Long Farewell
16. Abdication
17. Whom the Gods Love
18. Exercising Power
19. The Cult of Virtue
20. Life at Court
21. Growing the Empire
22. A Family at War
23. The Unhappy Return
24. The Bitter End
25. Into the Future