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Après l’assassinat de César aux Ides de mars, en 44 av. J.-C., c’est Octave, son petit-neveu, à peine âgé de dix-neuf ans, qui lui succède car, à la surprise générale, le vainqueur des Gaules en a fait son légataire universel.
Alors que Rome est plongée dans la guerre civile, ce frêle jeune homme va peu à peu imposer son autorité dans la lutte sans merci qui oppose fidèles et ennemis de César. Désormais, à vingt-trois ans, Octave commence son ascension vers le après avoir dissous le triumvirat formé avec Lépide et Antoine, il bat celui-ci à la bataille d’Actium et devient seul maître de Rome. SurnomméAugustus, «le très vénérable», le voilà libre de réformer les institutions, tout en agrandissant l’Empire.
Dans un style résolument moderne qui n’exclut pas la rigueur historique, Roger Caratini retrace le destin éblouissant du premier empereur romain. Cet ouvrage réunit en un seul volume l'Héritier de l'Imperator.

704 pages, Pocket Book

First published November 1, 2007

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Roger Caratini (born in Paris on 22 December 1924, died in Limeil-Brévannes May 27 2009) is a writer, historian and French encyclopedist. He originates from Corsica through his father's side.

Recognized for the breadth of his knowledge and sometimes compared to Mirandola, he is the author of many popular books and has written almost on his own the entire "Encyclopedia Bordas" in 23 volumes.

His reputation as historian was severely weakened by his work on Napoleon Bonaparte; in his efforts to demonstrate the negative influence and barbaric nature of Napoleon he was critisised to not always use the information correctly. He is part of the group of historians that are "compilers" that is to say they do not work from historical sources but from biographies and scholarly work already existant.

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