Augustus

CONTENTS

Title Page

Dedication

Chronology

Maps

Family Tree

Preface

Introduction

I SCENES FROM A PROVINCIAL CHILDHOOD

II THE GREAT-UNCLE

III A POLITICAL MASTER CLASS

IV UNFINISHED BUSINESS

V A BOY WITH A NAME

VI FROM VICTORY, DEFEAT

VII KILLING FIELDS

VIII DIVIDED WORLD

IX GOLDEN AGE

X FIGHTING NEPTUNE

XI PARTHIAN SHOTS

XII EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST

XIII THE PHONY WAR

XIV SHOWDOWN

XV A LONG FAREWELL

XVI ABDICATION

XVII WHOM THE GODS LOVE

XVIII EXERCISING POWER

XIX THE CULT OF VIRTUE

XX LIFE AT COURT

PHOTO INSERT

XXI GROWING THE EMPIRE

XXII A FAMILY AT WAR

XXIII THE UNHAPPY RETURN

XXIV THE BITTER END

INTO THE FUTURE

Notes

Sources

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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