Romans in the Age of Augustus

Andrew Lintott is retired Professor of Roman History at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He has written widely on the Roman Republic, including Violence in Republican Rome (1968, 2nd edn. 1999), Imperium Romanum (1993), The Roman Republic (2000), The Constitution of the Roman Republic (1999) and Cicero as Evidence: A Historian's Companion (2008). He also co-edited volume IX of the Cambridge Ancient History volume, 2e (1994).

“The book is complemented by 19 figures and 5 maps.  It quickly brings the reader into the world of Augustus in an engaging style.”  (Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, 1 December 2013)"Highly recommended. General collections/public libraries." (Choice, 1 May 2011) "It is...a pleasure to report on The Romans in the age of Augustus (63 BC to AD 14) inBlackwell's excellent series ‘The Peoples of Europe'.This short overview, just under 170 pages long (plusendnotes, references and index), grew out of ANDREWLINTOTT's teaching at Oxford and the BritishSchool at Rome: it packs a tremendous amount ofinformation on the period with consummate ease." (Antiquity, December 2010)

• List of Figures. List of Maps.Preface.Abbreviations.1 Introduction.2 The Growth of an Empire.3 The Crisis of the Late Republic.4 The Emperor and his People.5 Town and Country.6 Customs, Culture, and Ideas.7 The Armed Services and the Frontiers.Notes.References.Index.