The Roman history : the reign of Augustus /
Cassius Dio Cocceianus,
The Roman history : the reign of Augustus / [print] Cassius Dio ; translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ; with an introduction by John Carter. - Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; New York : Penguin Books, (c)1987. - 348 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .
"Contains Books 50-56, running from 32 B.C. to A.D. 14"--Page 1..
Introduction by John Carter -- Bibliographical note -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the text. THE ROMAN HiSTORY. Notes -- Chronological table -- List of consuls -- Key to place-names -- Maps.
Brings to life for us the unrest and conspiracies, the struggle over the imperial succession, the prodigies and portents, the military campaigns all the way from Ethiopia to Yugoslavia. The author shows us the ruthless power-seeking as the 400-year-old republic finally collapsed and makes a great set-piece of the battle of Actium
9780140444483
87157617
b8746640 GB8746640 bnb
Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
DG279.S425.R663 1987 DG279
The Roman history : the reign of Augustus / [print] Cassius Dio ; translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ; with an introduction by John Carter. - Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; New York : Penguin Books, (c)1987. - 348 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .
"Contains Books 50-56, running from 32 B.C. to A.D. 14"--Page 1..
Introduction by John Carter -- Bibliographical note -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the text. THE ROMAN HiSTORY. Notes -- Chronological table -- List of consuls -- Key to place-names -- Maps.
Brings to life for us the unrest and conspiracies, the struggle over the imperial succession, the prodigies and portents, the military campaigns all the way from Ethiopia to Yugoslavia. The author shows us the ruthless power-seeking as the 400-year-old republic finally collapsed and makes a great set-piece of the battle of Actium
9780140444483
87157617
b8746640 GB8746640 bnb
Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
DG279.S425.R663 1987 DG279