Военная история / The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome

Название: The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome
Автор(ы): Gregory S. Aldrete
Издательство: THE GREAT COURSES
Год: 2019
Страниц: 276
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 48 MB

In 31 BCE, on an otherwise unremarkable afternoon in the Mediterranean, the Roman general Octavian surveyed the aftermath of the ferocious Battle of Actium, where he’d defeated his rival Mark Antony in a war for control of Rome. This moment, in which a military leader rests and reflects on his next move toward becoming the sole leader of the Western world, is the germ out of which grows one of the most breathtaking stories in world history. This leader would soon ingeniously maneuver his way to become Rome’s first emperor, setting the stage for five centuries of Roman expansion; warfare; and, ultimately, collapse.