Lindsay Powell
Author
Language
English
Description
Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule in his own name. Why he did so, and never grasped power exclusively for himself, has perplexed historians for centuries.
In his teens, he formed a life-long...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A penetrating assessment of Augustus as ancient Rome's military commander-in-chief. The words Pax Augusta -- or Pax Romana -- evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting enemies beyond the frontier in punitive raids or for outright conquest; or suppressing banditry or rebellions within...