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Tables of Contents for The Age of Augustus
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Augustus' Career in Overview: The Res Gestae
1
5
Modest Origins, Powerful Relatives
6
3
Seizing Power and Legalizing Usurpation
9
6
The Triumvirate: Dictatorship Sanctioned by Law
15
7
The Path to Formal Legitimation as a Ruler
22
9
The Final Battles for Power: Actium and Alexandria
31
10
A New Political Order: The Principate Takes Shape
41
11
The Principate Develops Further
52
15
The Princeps and the Roman Elite
67
10
The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire
77
8
A Standing Army
85
8
War and Peace: Expanding the Empire
93
12
Rome, the Augustan City
105
8
The Quest for Political Continuity: The Succession
113
8
Augustus' Death and the Future of the Empire
121
6
Time Line
127
4
Appendix: The Res Gestae of Augustus
131
3
The Res Gestae of Augustus by Sarolta A. Takacs
134
19
Bibliography
153
6
Index
159