Tiberius (Blackwell Ancient Lives)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781405115292
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Presidents & Heads of State; Emperors; Tiberius,; Biography; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Ancient Rome; Europe - Greece; Ancient - Rome; Historical - General; History / Ancient / Rome; TIBERIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.; Rome; Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D; 42 B.C.-37 A.D; Emperor of Rome,
First sentence: For a man with political ambitions in the late republic the way to eminence in the state was the cursus honorum, the succession of magistracies that made up a career in public office.