Tiberius Caesar
Title | Tiberius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | David Colin Arthur Shotter |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9780415319461 |
Including the latest research, a revised and expanded bibliography and a new index, David Shotter has updated this second edition throughout to provide a clear and concise survey of the character and life of Tiberius Caesar.
Tiberius Caesar
Title | Tiberius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | G P Baker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1928 |
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Tiberius Caesar
Title | Tiberius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | David Shotter |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1992-12-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1134902344 |
This is a study of the character and life of Tiberius Caesar, heir of Augustus and Emperor of Rome from AD 14 to AD 37. The author provides new angles on the major issues of Tiberius' reign - his relations with the senate and with his heir and the reasons for his final retirement from Rome.
Tiberius
Title | Tiberius PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Massie |
Publisher | Sceptre |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2016-06-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 147363699X |
Habitually vilified as a monstrous tyrant, Emperor Tiberius has been one of history's enigmas. Now he speaks for himself - a proud, secretive, troubled man, a great general yet reluctant ruler, disgusted by the degeneracy which surrounds him. In this sequel to Augustus, Allan Massie combines a compelling study in public power and private tragedy with a vibrant portrait of the Roman world.
Tiberius
Title | Tiberius PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Seager |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2005-01-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781405115292 |
Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor’s complex character as the key to understanding his reign. The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. Argues that Tiberius’ character provides the key to understanding his reign. Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. Shows how Tiberius’ fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. A new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come to light on the reign of Tiberius.
Rome's Revolution
Title | Rome's Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Alston |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 2015-05-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190231602 |
On March 15th, 44 BC a group of senators stabbed Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome. By his death, they hoped to restore Rome's Republic. Instead, they unleashed a revolution. By December of that year, Rome was plunged into a violent civil war. Three men--Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian--emerged as leaders of a revolutionary regime, which crushed all opposition. In time, Lepidus was removed, Antony and Cleopatra were dispatched, and Octavian stood alone as sole ruler of Rome. He became Augustus, Rome's first emperor, and by the time of his death in AD 14 the 500-year-old republic was but a distant memory and the birth of one of history's greatest empires was complete. Rome's Revolution provides a riveting narrative of this tumultuous period of change. Historian Richard Alston digs beneath the high politics of Cicero, Caesar, Antony, and Octavian to reveal the experience of the common Roman citizen and soldier. He portrays the revolution as the crisis of a brutally competitive society, both among the citizenry and among the ruling class whose legitimacy was under threat. Throughout, he sheds new light on the motivations that drove men to march on their capital city and slaughter their compatriots. He also shows the reasons behind and the immediate legacy of the awe inspiringly successful and ruthless reign of Emperor Augustus. An enthralling story of ancient warfare, social upheaval, and personal betrayal, Rome's Revolution offers an authoritative new account of an epoch which still haunts us today.
I, Claudius
Title | I, Claudius PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Graves |
Publisher | Rosetta Books |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 2014-03-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0795336799 |
“One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)