Masters of Rome: 15 Leaders Who Forged the History of Roman Empire
Portraits of the Generals, Statesmen, and Emperors Who Shaped an EmpireBy W. Lucas Collins, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, Jacob Abbott, A. H. Beesly, Edward Spencer Beesly, John Charles Tarver, Philo, Stephen Phillips, Tacitus, Georg Ebers, George Lang, John B. Firth
Length98h 51m
About this audiobook
Masters of Rome assembles fifteen studies of the figures who shaped Rome's ascent, crises, and imperial transformation. Moving between biography, classical history, interpretive essay, and historically informed narrative, the volume considers leadership as both individual ambition and institutional force. Its range permits readers to encounter republican statesmen, military innovators, emperors, and the chroniclers through whom Roman power has been remembered, with Tacitean testimony providing an especially searching counterpoint to later reconstructions. The contributors bring together classicists, historians, educators, translators, and writers associated largely with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century traditions of popular historical scholarship. Their varied approaches reflect the period's energetic engagement with antiquity, when Roman political experience was read alongside modern questions of empire, citizenship, morality, and governance. The inclusion of ancient authority beside modern interpreters creates a productive dialogue between source, biography, and historical judgment, revealing how accounts of Roman leadership are continually shaped by cultural perspective. This collection is recommended to readers seeking a broad, accessible, and intellectually serious introduction to Rome's decisive personalities. Its multiple voices invite comparison across styles and interpretations while illuminating the tensions between republican ideals and imperial rule. Students, general readers, and admirers of classical history will find in it a valuable occasion to assess how leaders forge history—and how history, in turn, judges them.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length98 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Abridgement of Roman History
2Romulus
3PREFACE
4Chapter III.
5Chapter V.
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6Chapter VI.
7Chapter VIII.
8Chapter IX.
9Chapter XI.
10Chapter XII.
11The Gracchi Marius and Sulla
12PREFACE
13CHAPTER I.
14CHAPTER III.
15CHAPTER V.
16CHAPTER IX.
17CHAPTER XIII.
18LIST OF PHRASES
19Catiline
20I. CATILINE.
21Cicero
22CHAPTER I.
23CHAPTER IV.
24CHAPTER VIII.
25CHAPTER XI.
26Julius Caesar
27PREFACE.
28CHAPTER IV.
29CHAPTER VI.
30CHAPTER IX.
31CHAPTER XII.
32Augustus
33CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH, B.C. 63-44
34CHAPTER II THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE DEATH OF IULIUS CÆSAR
35CHAPTER III THE INHERITANCE
36CHAPTER IV THE CONSULSHIP AND TRIUMVIRATE
37CHAPTER V PHILIPPI
38CHAPTER VI PERUSIA AND SICILY
39CHAPTER VII ACTIUM
40CHAPTER VIII THE NEW CONSTITUTION, B.C. 30-23
41CHAPTER IX THE FIRST PRINCIPATUS, B.C. 27-23
42CHAPTER X THE IMPERIAL AND MILITARY POLICY OF AUGUSTUS
43CHAPTER XI AUGUSTUS AND HIS WORSHIPPERS
44CHAPTER XII THE REFORMER AND LEGISLATOR
45CHAPTER XIII LATER LIFE AND FAMILY TROUBLES
46CHAPTER XIV THE LAST DAYS
47CHAPTER XV THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS, HIS CHARACTER AND AIMS, HIS WORK AND FRIENDS
48AUGUSTUS’S ACCOUNT OF HIS REIGN (FROM THE INSCRIPTION IN THE TEMPLE OF ROME AND AUGUSTUS AT ANGORA)
49Footnote
50Tiberius
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