Tiberius (Blackwell Ancient Lives)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781405115285
Subjects: Biography: historical; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Rome; Emperors; Biography; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Ancient Rome; Europe - Greece; Ancient - Rome; General; History / Ancient / Rome; TIBERIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.; Tiberius,; Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D; 42 B.C.-37 A.D; Emperor of Rome,; History
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.