Augustus Caesar (Lancaster Pamphlets)

Shotter, David

ISBN 10: 0415060486 / ISBN 13: 9780415060486

Published by Routledge, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Augustus Caesar (Lancaster Pamphlets)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415060486
• ISBN 13: 9780415060486
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1765812331.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 18546103
• Signed: 12/15/2025 3:25:31 PM
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

David Shotter is Senior Lecturer in Roman History at the University of Lancaster.