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Augustus: princeps
Gaius Octavius is a still a teenager, who has only recently been adopted into Caesar's household, when he receives news of Julius Caesar’s assassination. Knowing he has to prove to himself and to Rome that he is his adopted father’s legitimate heir, he arrives back in Italy with only his name and Caesar’s legacy to both support his claim and seek revenge against the assassins.
Becoming one of the three most powerful men in Rome, using a mixture of ruthless determination and exceptional political skills he has to consolidate his power whilst dealing with his bitter rival, Marcus Antonius. Then, as Rome’s foremost and most powerful citizen, he must rejuvenate a society devastated by decades of civil war.
Written in the form of Augustus’ autobiography, this is a brilliant account of how, as princeps, Augustus expands Rome’s wealth and territory. With his wife Livia at his side, he successfully rules the imperium for over 40 years.
Becoming one of the three most powerful men in Rome, using a mixture of ruthless determination and exceptional political skills he has to consolidate his power whilst dealing with his bitter rival, Marcus Antonius. Then, as Rome’s foremost and most powerful citizen, he must rejuvenate a society devastated by decades of civil war.
Written in the form of Augustus’ autobiography, this is a brilliant account of how, as princeps, Augustus expands Rome’s wealth and territory. With his wife Livia at his side, he successfully rules the imperium for over 40 years.
207 pages, Paperback
Published August 23, 2025
About the author
Ivan Kinsman
5 books4 followersIvan Kinsman attended Eton College and gained a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature from St Andrews University and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh.
He has worked as a wine salesman, conference producer in Telecommunications and IT, website designer for a fund management company and, after moving to Poland in 2002, worked as an English teacher, university lecturer and a freelance proofreader and translator.
He currently lives with his Polish wife and two children in Newmarket, Suffolk in the East of England. They also have a second home, a family smallholding in the Swietokrzyskie voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, which they like to visit as often as they can.
He has worked as a wine salesman, conference producer in Telecommunications and IT, website designer for a fund management company and, after moving to Poland in 2002, worked as an English teacher, university lecturer and a freelance proofreader and translator.
He currently lives with his Polish wife and two children in Newmarket, Suffolk in the East of England. They also have a second home, a family smallholding in the Swietokrzyskie voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, which they like to visit as often as they can.
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