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  • Augustus at War

    The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

    A penetrating assessment of Augustus as ancient Rome's military commander-in-chief.The words Pax Augusta—or Pax Romana—evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting enemies beyond the frontier in punitive raids or for outright conquest; ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

    Edited by Karl Galinsky ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
    The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of ... Read more

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  • Perspectives of Roman Poetry

    A Classics Symposium

    Edited by Karl Galinsky ...
    Series series Symposia in the Arts and the Humanities
    Written by leading specialists, the essays in Perspectives of Roman Poetry seek to provide a broad range of readers with a good understanding of some essential aspects of major Roman poets and poetic genres. The value of the essays is enhanced, for comparative purposes, by their extensive reference to modern authors. such as Shakespeare and Tolkien. For the modern reader, Latin quotations are ... Read more

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  • Classical and Modern Interactions

    Postmodern Architecture, Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues

    by Karl Galinsky ...
    Postmodernism, multiculturalism, the alleged decline of the United States, deconstruction, leadership, and values—these topics have been at the forefront of contemporary intellectual and cultural debate and are likely to remain so for the near future. Participants in the debate can usefully enlarge the perspective to a comparison between the Greco-Roman world and contemporary society. In this ... Read more

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  • Augustus

    Introduction to the Life of an Emperor

    by Karl Galinsky ...
    Augustus, Rome's first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. He chronicles the mosaic of vicissitudes, challenges, setbacks and successes that shaped Augustus' life, both public and private. How did he use his power? How did he manage to keep re ... Read more

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    Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 70–27 BC

    "C apture[s] the essence of the struggle within Rome for reform and power and dominance . . . a page turner of a book . . . that offers fresh insight." — FiretrenchFollowing the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with violence and bloodshed, ... Read more

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  • Byzantium Triumphant

    The Military History of the Byzantines 959–1025

    by Julian Romane ...
    This vibrant history examines the wars of three Byzantine emperors: Nicephorus II Phocas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II "The Bulgar Slayer".In Byzantium Triumphant, Julian Romane presents an in-depth chronicle of the many wars waged by Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and the infamous Basil II. Capturing the drama of battle as well as the strategic operations of ... Read more

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  • Rome's Great Eastern War

    Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East, 74–62 BC

    This military history of Ancient Rome analyses the empire's revitalized push against rising enemies to the East.In the century since Rome's defeat of the Seleucid Empire in the 180s BC, the East was dominated by the rise of new empires: Parthia, Armenia, and Pontus, each vying to recreate the glories of the Persian Empire. By the 80s BC, the Pontic Empire of Mithridates had grown so bold that it ... Read more

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  • Rome & Parthia: Empires at War

    Ventidius, Antony and the Second Romano-Parthian War, 40–20 BC

    A Roman historian examines the motivation and strategy behind Marc Anthony's invasion of Parthia and the reasons for its ultimate defeat.In the mid-first century BC, the Roman Empire was rivaled only by the Parthian Empire to the east. The first war between these two ancient superpowers resulted in the total defeat of Rome and the death of Marcus Crassus. When Rome collapsed into Civil War in the ... Read more

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  • Carthage's Other Wars

    Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome

    by Dexter Hoyos ...
    "A very good read . . . and a reminder that the Romans were hardly the only imperialist warmongers of the ancient world." — StrategyPageCarthage was the western Mediterranean's first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and checkered even before her "Punic Wars" against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a ... Read more

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  • The Reign of Emperor Gallienus

    The Apogee of Roman Cavalry

    "An unusual history of an unusual soldier of Rome who rose to Emperor . . . an engaging history of a fascinating subject—Very Highly Recommended." — FiretrenchThis is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry ... Read more

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  • Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East

    by M.C. Bishop ...
    "The first biography of Marcus Aurelius' adopted brother and co-emperor . . . a valuable read for anyone with an interest in Roman history."— The NYMAS ReviewLucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius for nine years until his untimely death. The later sources were strangely hostile to him and modern ... Read more

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