The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 10, The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 / edited by Alan K. Bowman, Edward Champlin, Andrew Lintott.
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TextSeries: The Cambridge Ancient HistoryAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996. Edition: 2nd edContent type: Text Media type: Computermedien ISBN: 9781139054386; 1139054384; 9780521264303; 0521264308Subject(s): History, Ancient | Histoire ancienne | History, AncientDDC classification: 930 Summary: The period described in Volume 10 of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Chapters 1-6 supply a political narrative history of the period. In chapters 7-12 the institutions of government are described and analysed. Chapters 13-14 offer a survey of the Roman world in this period region by region, and chapters 15-21 deal with the most important social and cultural developments of the era (the city of Rome, the structure of society, art, literature, and law). Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus.
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The period described in Volume 10 of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Chapters 1-6 supply a political narrative history of the period. In chapters 7-12 the institutions of government are described and analysed. Chapters 13-14 offer a survey of the Roman world in this period region by region, and chapters 15-21 deal with the most important social and cultural developments of the era (the city of Rome, the structure of society, art, literature, and law). Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus.