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The sons of Caesar : imperial Rome's first dynasty /
"This book tells the story of one of the most colorful dynasties in history. It reviews the rise of the Julian and Claudian families in the Republic and the social and political background of Rome, but at its heart are the lives of six men - Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Cl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
Ã2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book tells the story of one of the most colorful dynasties in history. It reviews the rise of the Julian and Claudian families in the Republic and the social and political background of Rome, but at its heart are the lives of six men - Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius and Nero - men who mastered Rome and changed it from a democracy to a personal possession. It was no easy task: Nero committed suicide and Claudius was poisoned. Only Augustus and Tiberius died natural deaths - and even that is uncertain. The Julio-Claudian saga has a host of other characters, from Cicero, the last great statesman of the Republic, to Livia, matriarch of the Empire; the passionate Mark Antony and the scheming Sejanus; and Agrippina, mother of Nero and sister of Caligula, who probably murdered her husband and was in turn killed by her son." "Set against a background of foreign wars and domestic intrigue, the story of Rome's greatest dynasty is also the story of the birth of an imperial system that shaped the Europe of today."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780500771785 0500771782 |