The Roman Imperial Succession Tapa dura -

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Pen & Sword. New in New dust jacket. 2020. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; A study of the processes by which a man could become a Roman emperor. Illustrations & genealogical tables; +xvpp. ; 320 pages .

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2020. John D Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus' system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial and military influences, and these were generally antagonistic. Consequently the Empire went through a series of crises, in which the succession to a previous, usually dead, emperor was the main issue. The infamous Year of the Four Emperors', AD 69, is only the most famous of these crises, which often involved bouts of bloody and destructive civil war, assassinations and purges. These were followed by a period, usually relatively short, in which the victor in the crisis' established a new system, juggling the three basic elements identified by Augustus, but which was as fragile and short lived as its predecessor; these consequences' of each crisis are discussed. The lucid and erudite text is supported by numerous… Leer más

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Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Analyses the Roman imperial succession and the failure to come up with an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor.

Hardback. New. Analyses the Roman imperial succession and the failure to come up with an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor.

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Pen & Sword, 2020. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

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