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  Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

  by Anthony Everitt

  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... (more)
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  The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra

  by Colleen McCullough

  A SWEEPING EPIC OF ANCIENT ROME FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THORN BIRDS With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that is both grand in scope and vivid in detail -- and proves once again why she is the top historical novelist of our time. In the last days of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar is both adored and despised -- but his rule... (more)
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  Augustus: A Novel

  by John Edward Williams

  A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius , Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs. A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is murdered, Octavius Caesar prematurely inherits rule of the Roman Republic. Surrounded by men who are... (more)
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  Augustus

  by A. H. M. Jones

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  Augustus (Roman Imperial Biographies)

  by Pat Southern

  Augustus, the heir to Julius Caesar, was the guiding light in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. In this biography, Pat Southern traces the life and works of the emperor chronologically, presenting idealogy and events as they occurred from Augustus' point of view, including his transition from heir and successor of Julius Caesar to head of the new Principate and his development of the... (more)
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  Augustus

  by Allan Massie

  The first in an acclaimed series of historical novels--including Tiberius and Caesar-- reconstructs the lost memoirs of Augustus, recounting the life of the founder of the Roman Empire in his own frank, forceful style. Reprint. PW.
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  The Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire

  by L. J. F. Keppie

  In this new edition, with a new preface and an updated bibliography, the author provides a comprehensive survey of the evolution and growth of the remarkable military enterprise of the Roman army.
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  Swords Against the Senate: The Rise of the Roman Army and the Fall of the Republic

  by Erik Hildinger

  In the first century B.C., Rome was the ruler of a vast empire. Yet at the heart of the Republic was a fatal flaw: a dangerous hostility between the aristocracy and the plebians, each regarding itself as the foundation of Rome's military power. Turning from their foreign enemies, Romans would soon be fighting Romans.Swords Against the Senate describes the first three decades of Rome's century-long civil war that... (more)
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  2 Book Set By Robert Graves; I, Claudius; Claudius the God

  by Robert Graves

  2 Book Set By Robert Graves; I, Claudius; Claudius the God.
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  Chronicle of the Roman Republic

  by Philip Matyszak

  This book in the Chronicles series examines the succession of kings, consuls, and tribunes who took Rome from a small fortified hilltop to the greatest empire of antiquity. Here we meet the builders of Rome—at times superstitious, brutal, and utterly uncompromising, they were also capable of acting with great honor and unflinching bravery. The Roman Republic was one of the most civilized societies in the ancient... (more)
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  Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome

  by Anthony Barrett

  Livia--wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-- wielded extraordinary power at the center of Roman politics. In this biography of Livia, the first in English, Anthony Barrett sets aside the portrait of a cunning and sinister schemer to reveal Livia as a complex figure whose enduring political influence helped shape Roman government long after her death.
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  The Lives of the Caesars, I, Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula (Loeb Classical Library)

  by Suetonius

  Lawyer and for a time private secretary to the emperor Hadrian, Suetonius was a knowledgeable and diligent collector of facts about his world. His Lives of the Caesars and Lives of Illustrious Men are invaluable and fascinating sources of information. Seasoned with entertaining anecdotes and bits of scandalous gossip relating to the lives of the first 12 emperors, Suetonius' biographies offer a colorful... (more)