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Free Download Karl Galinsky, "Augustus: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor"
English | ISBN: 0521767970 | 2012 | 226 pages | PDF | 9 MB
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 reinventing himself? What kind of man was he? A transformative leader, Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world. No one would have expected such vast achievements from the frail and little-known eighteen-year-old who became Caesar’s heir amid turmoil and crisis. A mere thirteen years later, after defeating Antony and Cleopatra, he had, in his words, "power over all things."

Free Download Augustus By Jonathan Edmondson (editor)
2009 | 576 Pages | ISBN: 0748615946 | PDF | 6 MB
Augustus (63 BC — AD 14), the first Roman emperor, brought peace and stability to Rome after decades of strife and uncertainty. He put in place a new institutional framework for the Roman Empire and inspired the ideology that sustained it for the next three hundred years. This book presents a selection of the most important scholarship on Augustus and the contribution he made to the development of the Roman state in the early imperial period. The subjects of the selected papers include Augustus’ dramatic rise to prominence following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and the nature of his powers first as triumvir, then as Princeps; his policy regarding overseas wars and expansion, his administrative and military reforms of the Roman state; the role of his own family, his wife Livia, his son-in-law Agrippa and his adopted sons Gaius and Lucius Caesar and then Tiberius, in public life; his concern to reinforce Roman religion and family life; the development of an ideology that helped bolster his authority as ruler of an expanded Empire, including the importance of visual imagery, monuments and literature in the far-flung propagation of his image as leader; and the impact that his regime made on the communities of the Roman provinces. Jonathan Edmondson sets these papers into the general context of major trends in the study of Augustus in Britain, Europe and North America since the nineteenth century. Five are published here in English for the first time and many include illustrations of the most important visual evidence for the principate of Augustus. The book is equipped with a chronology, a glossary and a guide to further reading; all passages in Latin and Greek are translated into English.

Free Download The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome [TTC Audio]
English | January 11, 2019 | ASIN: B07MKS1PV1 | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 41m | 393 MB
Lecturer: Gregory S. Aldrete
When Octavian, who took the title of Augustus as the first emperor of Rome, defeated Mark Antony to become the sole ruler of the Roman world, it was a major turning point in Western civilization. Not only did his decades-long rule completely transform the old Roman Republic into the Roman Empire, but it also profoundly shaped the culture and history of our world today. The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome traces this breathtaking history from the empire’s foundation by Augustus to its Golden Age in the 2nd century CE through a series of ever-worsening crises until its ultimate disintegration.

Free Download Augustus Through the Ages: Receptions, Readings and Appropriations of the Historical Figure of the First Roman Emperor
by Marco Cavalieri, Pierre Assenmaker
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9789042949621 | 613 Pages | True PDF | 56 MB

Free Download The Second Triumvirate: Augustus, Marc Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and The Founding of An Empire (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868753152 | 2023 | 3 hours and 33 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 294 MB
Author: Clifford Alexander
Narrator: Jim D. Johnston

Free Download Augustus: The Life And Times of Rome’s Greatest Emperor (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868651762 | 2023 | 3 hours and 38 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 201 MB
Author: Simon T. Bailey
Narrator: Jim D. Johnston
Augustus, born Gaius Octavious Thurinus in 63 BCE, was the first emperor of Rome. From the moment his great uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, died when he was eighteen, his life was one action-packed conflict after another. From the unexpected inheritance of a hefty fortune and a heap of responsibilities, to fighting off a foe who should be a friend, to seeking revenge on Caesar’s assassins, he had his work cut out for him. Throw in an affair with a beautiful woman who happened to be pregnant and married to an aristocrat, an unruly daughter, and roomful of Senators who just didn’t know how to get things done, and you’ve got one heck of a life. Augustus succeeded at many things during his nearly forty-year run as the leader of the Roman world.