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BL
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| Record Number
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664173
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dltt
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| Uniform Title
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Augustus und seine Zeit.English
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| Main Entry
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Eck, Werner
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| Title & Author
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The age of Augustus /\ Werner Eck
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Malden, MA :: Blackwell Pub.,, 2007
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| Series Statement
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Blackwell ancient lives
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| Page. NO
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x, 209 p. :: ill., maps ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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9781405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1405151498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Translation of: Augustus Und Seine Zeit
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index
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| Contents
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Augustus' career in overview : the res gestae -- Modest origins, powerful relatives -- Seizing power and legalizing usurpation -- The triumvirate : dictatorship sanctioned by law -- The path to formal legitimation as a ruler -- The final battles for power : Actium and Alexandria -- A new political order : the principate takes shape -- The principate develops further -- The princeps and the Roman elite -- The practical implementation of political power : governing the empire -- Shaping the lives of men -- A standing army -- War and peace : expanding the empire -- Rome, the Augustan city -- The quest for political continuity: the succession -- Augustus' death and the future of the empire
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| Subject
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Augustus,63 B.C.-14 A.D
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Emperors-- Rome, Biography
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Rome, History, Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
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| Dewey Classification
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937/.07092B
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DG279.E2513 2007
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