Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
10 best books like Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Adrian Goldsworthy): The Twelve Caesars, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, Napoleon: A Life, Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire, Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar, Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, The Roman Revolution, The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar
| Author | Suetonius |
| ISBN | 0140449213 |
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eye-witness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded...
“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
—John Adams
He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted...
| Author | Andrew Roberts |
| ISBN | 0670025321 |
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War—winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest...
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
| Author | Judith Herrin |
| ISBN | 0713999977 |
Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism - gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium - long history, she identifies the fundamental...
| Author | James Romm |
| ISBN | 0307271641 |
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.
The story of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic...
| Author | Rob Goodman |
| ISBN | 0312681232 |
The first biography of the final man to stand against Caesar—whose principles and defiance became a rallying cry for future revolutions
He was Rome’s bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier who slept on the ground with his troops, a Stoic philosopher and staunch defender of the...
Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustus was praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a narrative of sustained drama and skillful analysis,” is the rare writer whose work both informs and enthralls. In Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome–the first major account of the emperor in nearly...
| Author | Ronald Syme |
| ISBN | 0192803204 |
The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference...
| Author | Robert L. O'Connell |
| ISBN | 1400067022 |
A stirring account of the most influential battle in history: For millennia, Carthage's triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 BCE has inspired reverent awe. It was the battle that countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I & II, the battle that obsessed military minds. Yet no general...
| Author | Philip Freeman |
| ISBN | 0743289536 |
More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for "emperor" -- not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled...
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
| Author | Anthony Everitt |
| ISBN | 1400061288 |
He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow....
