Contents

Page
Preface[v]
CHAPTER I.
Childhood and Youth, B.C. 63-44[1]
CHAPTER II.
The Roman Empire at the Death of Iulius Cæsar[17]
CHAPTER III.
The Inheritance[34]
CHAPTER IV.
The Consulship and Triumvirate[53]
CHAPTER V.
Philippi[79]
CHAPTER VI.
Perusia and Sicily[89]
CHAPTER VII.
Actium[109]
CHAPTER VIII.
The New Constitution, B.C. 30-23[131]
CHAPTER IX.
The First Principatus, B.C. 27-23[151]
CHAPTER X.
The Imperial and Military Policy of Augustus[171]
CHAPTER XI.
Augustus and His Worshippers[194]
CHAPTER XII.
The Reformer and Legislator[212]
CHAPTER XIII.
Later Life and Family Troubles[233]
CHAPTER XIV.
The Last Days[247]
CHAPTER XV.
The Emperor Augustus, His Character and Aims, His Work and Friends[265]
Augustus’s Account of His Reign[293]
(From the Inscription in the Temple of Rome and Augustus at Angora)
INDEX[303]

List of Illustrations

Augustus with Corona Civica. (From the Bust in the Vatican Museum)[Frontispiece]
The Young Octavius. (From the Bust in the Vatican Museum)Facing p.[10]
Coin.—Obv. M. Brutus. Rev. Two Daggers and Cap of Liberty”[16]
” Obv. Head of Augustus bearded as sign of Mourning. Rev. Divus Iulius”[16]
” Obv. Head of Agrippa. Cos. III. i.e. B.C. 27. Rev. Emblematical Figure”[16]
” Obv. Head of Augustus with Official Titles. Rev. Head of same with Radiated Crown and the Iulian Star”[16]
” Obv. Head of Sext. Pompeius. Rev. The same with titles, Præfectus Classis et oræ. Maritimæ”[16]
Augustus addressing Troops. (From the Statue in the Vatican)”[108]
Coin.—Obv. Head of Augustus. Rev. The Sphinx”[130]
” Obv. Heads of Augustus and Agrippa. Rev. Crocodile and Palm—Colonia Nemausi (Nismes)”[130]
” Obv. Head of Augustus. Rev. Triumphal Arch celebrating the Reconstruction of the Roads”[130]
” Obv. Head of Drusus. Rev. Trophy of Arms taken from the Germans”[130]
” Obv. Head of Livia. Rev. Head of Iulia”[130]
Altar dedicated to Lares of Augustus in B.C. 2 by a magister vici. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)”[196]
Augustus as Senator. (From the Statue in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence)”[212]
Iulia, Daughter of Augustus. (From the Bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence)”[234]
Livia, Wife of Augustus. (From the Bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence) (Page 274)”[234]
Mæcenas. (From the Head in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome)”[279]
P. Vergilius Maro. (From the Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome) (Page 284)”[279]

CHAPTER I
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH, B.C. 63-44

Iam nova progenies