Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Augustus Augustus Richard Holland The Emperor Augustus, ruler of the Roman Empire during the forty-four years that included the birth of Christ, was born a plebeian and brought up in a backwater. So how did this small-town outsider r… OL17821540W
Augustus and imperial Rome Augustus and imperial Rome Miriam Greenblatt Examines the rule of Augustus Caesar, including his rise to power, politics, and final days, and describes everyday life in Rome during his reign. OL1892300W
Between republic and empire Between republic and empire Kurt A. Raaflaub,G. W. Bowersock xxi, 495 pages : 24 cm OL19195037W
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Llewelyn Morgan x, 255 p. ; 23 cm OL1978049W
Virgil and the Augustan reception Virgil and the Augustan reception Richard F. Thomas This book is an examination of the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. The author focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the po… OL461956W
Augustus Augustus Anthony Everitt He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expans… OL6045933W