An important study of the nobility under Augustan rule. Syme looks at successes and downfalls of both individuals and families, as well as more general themes. With an appendix of the consuls from 80 BC to AD 14, an index of persons and genealogical tables.
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An important study of the nobility under Augustan rule. Syme looks at successes and downfalls of both individuals and families, as well as more general themes. With an appendix of the consuls from 80 BC to AD 14, an index of persons and genealogical tables.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good-dust jacket. 0198148593. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Creasing to back panel of DJ. Very light shelfwear to book else Fine.; 568 pages; While the monarchy established by Caesar Augustus has attracted much scholarly attention, far less has been said about the reemergence of the old nobility at that time after years of civil war. One clear reason for this has been the lack of reliable evidence from the period. This book goes backward to the early years of the first century B. C. And forward to the reign of Nero in search of documentation of the Augustan aristocracy. Syme draws particularly on the Annals of Tacitus to cover 150 years in the history of Roman families, chronicling their splendor and success, as well as their subsequent fall within the embrace of the dynasty.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1987. 568 pgs. Frontispiece. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine label present to the spine; NOT ex-library). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. While the monarchy established by Caesar Augustus has attracted much scholarly attention, far less has been said about the reemergence of the old nobility at that time after years of civil war. One clear reason for this has been the lack of reliable evidence from the period. This book goes backward to the early years of the 1st century B. C. And forward to the reign of Nero in search of documentation of the Augustan aristocracy. Syme draws particularly on the Annals of Tacitus to cover 150 years in the history of Roman families, chronicling their splendor and success, as well as their subsequent fall within the embrace of the dynasty. EB; 9.5 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches; 568 pages.
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Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. The 1986 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light soiling at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light foxing to the inner flaps and very light creasing to the panels. Thick octavo, 504 pgs. plus tables.
