A study of power and political genius, Augustus is a vivid, compelling biography of one of the most important rulers in history.Fashion_piranha Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperorīorn Gaius Octavius into an extremely wealthy family, adopted by Julius Caesar and designated his heir, and eventually renamed after the death of his political rival Marc Antony, Augustus was one of the most powerful and influential men in history. Everitt brings to life the world of a giant, rendered faithfully and sympathetically in human scale. Everitt has taken some of the household names of history-Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, Cleopatra-whom few know the full truth about, and turned them into flesh-and-blood human beings.Īt a time when many consider America an empire, this stunning portrait of the greatest emperor who ever lived makes for enlightening and engrossing reading.
The world that made Augustus-and that he himself later remade-was driven by intrigue, sex, ceremony, violence, scandal, and naked ambition. Augustus's rise to power began with the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, and culminated in the titanic duel with Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Here, Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of Cicero, gives a spellbinding and intimate account of his illustrious subject.Īugustus began his career as an inexperienced teenager plucked from his studies to take center stage in the drama of Roman politics, assisted by two school friends, Agrippa and Maecenas. Yet, despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, instead choosing to chronicle the age in which he lived. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble.
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