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Book SynopsisThis book provides a gripping narrative of the rise to power of Augustus. It shows how his bloody civil wars transformed the lives of the people of the Mediterranean and how, though they would come to accept and rejoice in his rule, they mourned the losses suffered at his hands.
Trade Review'By close and intelligent readings of very different types of contemporary evidence, Osgood makes the reader understand the horror of those years in the lives of ordinary Romans. His mastery of a very wide range of modern scholarship is matched by an admirably direct and accessible style. Caesar's Legacy is a historical work of real distinction.' The Times Literary Supplement
'… a fine achievement … A vision of the triumviral period now exists where none existed before. In his first book, Mr Osgood provides an admirable demonstration of original scholarship, and he is to be warmly congratulated.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'… an important book …' Journal of Classics Teaching
'… an important contribution to late-republican scholarship, and a captivating read for any Roman historian.' L'Antiquité Classique
Table of ContentsIntroduction: missing years; 1. Soldier and a statesman; 2. Fights for freedom; 3. Land appropriations; 4. From discord to harmony?; 5. Struggle for survival; 6. The new nobility; 7. Sense of promise; 8. Out of chaos consent.
