In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch.

• Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power
  
• Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire
  
• Traces the history of the Roman revolution and Rome's transformation from a republic to an empire
  
• Includes a new chapter on legislation, further information on the monuments of the Augustan period, more...