Back home, Augustus was a hero. At the age of 32, he had become Rome’s first Emperor, promising to restore peace and security. Winning the war had been difficult, but was nothing compared to the ...

After his victory at the battle of Actium, Augustus was a hero to the Roman people. But he knew that the Senate still viewed him with suspicion. Augustus was very aware of the bloody fate of his ...

Augustus at War, can be read from cover to cover, or used as a reference, to be dipped into for information on the events of particular years, and is thus useful for both serious scholars and armchair ...