<![CDATA[Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor]]>

false <![CDATA[Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171150949m/89230.jpg 89230 4 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 expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, instead choosing to chronicle the age in which he lived. Here, Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of Cicero, gives a spellbinding and intimate account of his illustrious subject. Augustus began his career as an inexperienced teenager plucked from his studies to take center stage in the drama of Roman politics, assisted by two school friends, Agrippa and Maecenas. Augustus’s rise to power began with the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, and culminated in the titanic duel with Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The world that made Augustus–and that he himself later remade–was driven by intrigue, sex, ceremony, violence, scandal, and naked ambition. Everitt has taken some of the household names of history–Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, Cleopatra–whom few know the full truth about, and turned them into flesh-and-blood human beings. At a time when many consider America an empire, this stunning portrait of the greatest emperor who ever lived makes for enlightening and engrossing reading. Everitt brings to life the world of a giant, rendered faithfully and sympathetically in human scale. A study of power and political genius, Augustus is a vivid, compelling biography of one of the most important rulers in history. 86119 17 10 2006 Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor total:392|5:84|4:175|3:113|2:16|1:4| 392 1495 637 88 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 15:54:51 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 16:18:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 16:53:58 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 07:30:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 21:23:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 19:19:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 21:23:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 09 12:06:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:11:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:27:24 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 14:52:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 03 08:09:08 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 08:31:04 -0700 2007 Cicero. Between the two of them you get a thorough introduction not only to these two men, but more generally to life in ancient Rome and its rise to empire. (It's a crazy story, if you hadn't heard.)]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 06:17:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 06:17:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 19:30:40 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 19:32:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:59:02 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:59:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 09:38:21 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 08:51:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 29 16:17:58 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 16:24:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 22:04:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 20:57:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 07:00:02 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 07:00:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 14:11:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:11:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 17:30:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 18:54:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 08:18:17 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 08:18:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 10 22:41:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:25:46 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 22:41:36 -0700 2009
As a book, this is as dry as it gets, not really a good read except for the information that is present. But because it is largely book of describing tactics...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 07:20:45 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 08:11:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 12 10:05:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:05:45 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:33:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:34:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=89230