Empire of Augustus. 43 BC - 69 AD

In this volume (volume X), one of the most striking and dramatic periods of the history of ancient Rome is considered - from the murder of Julia Caesar to the coming to power of Emperor Vespasian. In these decades, the usual republican institutions collapsed, the great Rome drowned in the civil wars for a year after the year. And at the same time, under the rule, perhaps the most famous, brightest and most controversial dynasty - Yuliev -Klavdiev, a new Roman empire was built on the ruins of previous power. In this volume, step by step can be seen as Caesar’s adoptive son went a long and difficult path from the young avenger to the killers of his father to Emperor Augustus, the founder of the new state structure and ruler of the huge and prosperous empire; It is told how Caligula was replaced by one of the most odious emperors, Claudius came, the one whom August considered unsuitable even for the usual political career of a member of the imperial house. The book presents different areas of life of the Roman Empire - political and military history, court customs and everyday life of remote provinces, religion and culture, economics and social structure of society. Paragraphs, entirely dedicated to individual provinces, allow, on the one hand, to see the life of ordinary people in the most remote corners of the empire, and on the other, to represent the scale and growing power of the new Rome. Much attention was also paid to other areas, namely, the imperial court, finance and taxation, the positions of senators and riders, fleet and army, literature and art.