Augustus Godfather of Europe – Richard Holland Veilige Betaling

Following his successful biography of Nero, Richard Holland now turns his attention to Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, about whom so little is known despite a reign of 44 years. The focus throughout this well-written study is on the figure of Augustus himself rather than on the cultural and social achievements of the Augustan Age that tend to overshadow his character. Much of the book focuses on the death of the Republic and the extraordinary circumstances that saw this young pretender’, an insignificant-lo…