Augustus.
Harmonia mundi| N° d'inventaire | 21716 |
| Format | 14 x 22 |
| Détails | 448 p. paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Octavian was only eighteen years old when Julius Caesar, his great-uncle, who had just designated him as his adopted son, was assassinated. He knew that if he accepted the succession, he would have to face the numerous plots hatched by the assassins and their accomplices, at the forefront of which were the powerful Mark Antony, the cunning Cicero, and the felons Cassius and Brutus. Determined to avenge Caesar, the young Octavian must fight his enemies one after the other, by cunning or by force of arms, to restore the greatness of Rome and ensure civil peace. Fighting against the corruption of the elites, thwarting the intrigues of the so-called supporters of the Republic, and putting an end to the fratricidal wars, Octavian was offered the dictatorship by a weakened Senate and thus became, under the name of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. To tell this fascinating period of history, John Williams gives voice to the protagonists by imagining a fascinating correspondence interwoven with fragments of the diaries kept by two key figures, the faithful Marcus Agrippa and Julia, the daughter of Augustus.
Octavian was only eighteen years old when Julius Caesar, his great-uncle, who had just designated him as his adopted son, was assassinated. He knew that if he accepted the succession, he would have to face the numerous plots hatched by the assassins and their accomplices, at the forefront of which were the powerful Mark Antony, the cunning Cicero, and the felons Cassius and Brutus. Determined to avenge Caesar, the young Octavian must fight his enemies one after the other, by cunning or by force of arms, to restore the greatness of Rome and ensure civil peace. Fighting against the corruption of the elites, thwarting the intrigues of the so-called supporters of the Republic, and putting an end to the fratricidal wars, Octavian was offered the dictatorship by a weakened Senate and thus became, under the name of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. To tell this fascinating period of history, John Williams gives voice to the protagonists by imagining a fascinating correspondence interwoven with fragments of the diaries kept by two key figures, the faithful Marcus Agrippa and Julia, the daughter of Augustus.