Suetonius' Life of Augustus Phillips Darryl A.
Suetonius' Life of Augustus Phillips Darryl A. The lifetime of Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE) was a key moment of transition for the Roman world. Peace at home was balanced with wars of expansion and…
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Suetonius' Life of Augustus Phillips Darryl A.
The lifetime of Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE) was a key moment of transition for the Roman world. Peace at home was balanced with wars of expansion and consolidation on the frontiers. Following decades of civil war, the traditional government of the Roman Republic evolved to include a leading role for Augustus.
A building boom transformed the city of Rome. Literature and the arts flourished. Augustus was at the center of it all, and thus the lifetime of Augustus and the life of Augustus himself have attracted keen interest from antiquity up to the present day.In his biography of Augustus, the early second century CE author C.
Suetonius Tranquillus offers not only a survey of the major political, military and civic accomplishments of his subject, but also includes such diverse topics as Augustus's family lineage, spouses, personal appearance, leisure activities, intellectual pursuits and