{"product_id":"caesars-legacy-civil-war-and-the-emergence-of-the-roman-empire-hardback-9780521855822","title":"Caesar's Legacy; Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (Hardback) 9780521855822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaesar's Legacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCivil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGripping new narrative account of the rise to power of Rome's first emperor, Augustus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosiah Osgood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521855822, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 February 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e454 pages, 34 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an important contribution to late-republican scholarship, and a captivating read for any Roman historian.' L'Antiquité Classique\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled the old Republic, took on the new name 'Augustus', and ruled forty years more with his equally remarkable wife Livia. Caesar's Legacy grippingly retells the story of Augustus' rise to power by focusing on how the bloody civil wars which he and his soldiers fought transformed the lives of men and women throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond. During this violent period citizens of Rome and provincials came to accept a new form of government and found ways to celebrate it. Yet they also mourned, in literary masterpieces and stories passed on to their children, the terrible losses they endured throughout the long years of fighting.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: missing years\u003cbr\u003e 1. Soldier and a statesman\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fights for freedom\u003cbr\u003e 3. Land appropriations\u003cbr\u003e 4. From discord to harmony?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Struggle for survival\u003cbr\u003e 6. The new nobility\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sense of promise\u003cbr\u003e 8. Out of chaos consent.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265259491608,"sku":"9780521855822","price":107.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521855822i.jpg?v=1692021053","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caesars-legacy-civil-war-and-the-emergence-of-the-roman-empire-hardback-9780521855822","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}