1. From Velitrae to Caesar's heir; 2. Power struggles and civil war; 3. The experiment of the principate; 4. The challenge of pax Augusta; 5. Augustus at home: friends and family; 6. Cultural vitality; 7. The Augustan empire: unity and diversity; 8. The final days and an assessment.
In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification.
Karl Galinsky is the Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. The author and editor of several books, including Augustan Culture and The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, he has received awards for his teaching and research, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Max-Planck Society.
'Of all the great men of the ancient world, Augustus is the most
elusive. Doing equal justice to his ruthlessness and his
statesmanship is a difficult task, but Karl Galinsky manages it
with clarity, sympathy, and good sense. Learned but readable, this
portrait of the first of the Roman emperors is a brilliant
achievement.' T. P. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and
Ancient History, University of Exeter
'Drawing on a lifetime's research, Galinsky has produced a
magisterial summation of Augustus's life, combining precision and
clarity with the readability of a best-selling biography.' Carin
Green, University of Iowa
'Galinsky's study is the best succinct introduction to the age of
Augustus in English. His insightful synthesis of the whole range of
evidence (prose and verse texts, monuments, coins, and objects of
art) provides an excellent account of Augustus's personal story
within the larger context of the political and social conditions of
his day.' Harriet I. Flower, Princeton University
'Galinsky's mastery of the material is on display on every page of
this new biography of Augustus. Generously illustrated and enhanced
by many tools to help the beginner, this will surely become the
standard introduction to the life and times of Rome's first
emperor.' Carlos Noreña, University of California, Berkeley
'Students starting a course on the wider period or Augustus in
particular will find this invaluable. Anyone else with an interest
in the theme, or who simply wants to gain a glimpse of such a
remarkable and important historical figure, can do no better than
to start with this short book.' Dr Adrian Goldsworthy,
adriangoldsworthy.com
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