The Roman history
the reign of Augustus
by Cassius Dio Cocceianus
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Brings to life for us the unrest and conspiracies, the struggle over the imperial succession, the prodigies and portents, the military campaigns all the way from Ethiopia to Yugoslavia. The author shows us the ruthless power-seeking as the 400-year-old republic finally collapsed and makes a great set-piece of the battle of Actium -- where Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra to become master of the world. He also inserts fictionalized speeches into his narrative, which offer his own profound political reflections or dramatize the many different attitudes to the emperor. The fascinating debate between the great general Agrippa and Maecenas (the patron of Horace and Virgil) on the merits of republicanism and monarchy confronts issues which are still very much alive today.
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Biography, Early works to 1800, Emperors, History, Rome Civil War, 43-31 B.C., Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C., Early works, Rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d., Rome, history, tiberius, 14-37, Sources, Critica e interpretazione, Grec (Langue), Textes, Histoire, Literatura Latina, Roman history (Cassius Dio Cocceianus), Rome, history, Ouvrages avant 1800, Empereurs, Biographies, Kommentar, Romeinse oudheidPlaces
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Histoire romaine, livres 48 et 49
1994, Belles Lettres, Les Belles Lettres
in French
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The Roman history: the reign of Augustus
1987, Penguin Books
in English and Ancient Greek
0140444483 9780140444483
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A commentary on the fifty-third book of Dio Cassius' Roman history
1916, University Library
in English
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Ton Dionos tou Kassiou Romaikon historion biblia pente kai eikosi =: Dionis Cassii Romanarum historiarum libri XXV
1592, Excudebat Henricus Stephanus
in Ancient Greek
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Bibliography: p. [259]-297.
"Contains Books 50-56, running from 32 B.C. to A.D. 14"--P. [1]
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