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Author Alston, Richard, 1965- author.

Title Rome's revolution : death of the republic and birth of the empire / Richard Alston.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  937 ALSTON    Check Shelf
Description xv, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Series Ancient warfare and civilization
Ancient warfare and civilization.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The historian's problem -- Death of a dictator -- The crisis of the republic -- Caesar and Pompey -- Mutina: the last battle of the republic -- A victory lost: the defeat of the senate -- The revolution begins -- Death in Rome -- The triumvirs' victory -- The soldiers' peace -- The triumvirs' wars -- Antony and Cleopatra: love and its enemies -- The invention of Augustus -- The Augustan republic -- Anarchy and power -- The Augustan order -- The imperial monarchy -- Death of an emperor -- Cast of characters -- Bibliography.
Subject Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
ISBN 9780199739769 hardcover
0199739765 hardcover
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