A commentary on the fifty-third book of Dio Cassius' Roman history

Description:

Brings to life for us the unrest and conspiracies, the struggle over the imperial succession, the prodigies and portents, the military campaigns all the way from Ethiopia to Yugoslavia. The author shows us the ruthless power-seeking as the 400-year-old republic finally collapsed and makes a great set-piece of the battle of Actium -- where Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra to become master of the world. He also inserts fictionalized speeches into his narrative, which offer his own profound political reflections or dramatize the many different attitudes to the emperor. The fascinating debate between the great general Agrippa and Maecenas (the patron of Horace and Virgil) on the merits of republicanism and monarchy confronts issues which are still very much alive today.

subjects: Biography,  Early works to 1800,  Emperors,  History,  Rome Civil War, 43-31 B.C.,  Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C.,  Early works,  Rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d.,  Rome, history, tiberius, 14-37,  Sources,  Critica e interpretazione,  Grec (Langue),  Textes,  Histoire,  Literatura Latina,  Roman history (Cassius Dio Cocceianus),  Rome, history,  Ouvrages avant 1800,  Empereurs,  Biographies,  Kommentar,  Romeinse oudheid

People: Cassius Dio Cocceianus,  Cassius Dio Cocceinaus,  Julius Caesar,  Pompey the Great (106-48 B.C)

Places: Rome

Times: 53-44 B.C.,  Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.,  Caligula, 37-41,  Civil War, 43-31 B.C.,  Civil War, 49-45 B.C.,  Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.,  Republic, 265-30 B.C.,  Tiberius, 14-37