6/20/2023 0 Comments The first emperor anthony everittBorn in AD 70, he held a number of important posts at the imperial courts of Trajan and Hadrian, at various times in charge of the emperor’s libraries, archives, and correspondence. Take, for example, one of the main sources for the life of Augustus: Suetonius. It is rare for ancient historians to raise this sort of question. Augustus: The Life of Romes First Emperor by Everitt, Anthony and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Further, we are curious about why people are as they are: what makes them boring, obstreperous, relaxed, insecure, egotistical, paranoid, or keen on football. Cicero: The Life and Times of Romes Greatest Politician. They are not interested in what we might call personality – those unique, individual, idiosyncratic traits that create a one-off person. Everitt read English literature at the University of Cambridge. 2 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. The reason is that the ancient sources are interested in character only in as far as they report what people do and say. Anthony Everitt’s selling point is that, while other books have tended to focus on the Augustan age, he will concentrate on the man, in the hope that he can ‘make Augustus come alive’. The world does not need another general biography of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor from 31 BC till his death in AD 14, unless it has something special to offer.
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