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Yale 978-0-300-21101-6 FALL/WINTER 2014 boyd Eagleton Sunstein Pettegree It’s Complicated Culture and the Why Nudge? The Invention 978-0-300-16631-6 Death of God 978-0-300-19786-0 of News $25.00 978-0-300-20399-8 $25.00 978-0-300-17908-8 $26.00 $35.00 Barthas Sutherland Confino Satlow Poilu Whistler A World How the Bible 978-0-300-19159-2 978-0-300-20346-2 Without Jews Became Holy $35.00 $40.00 978-0-300-18854-7 978-0-300-17191-4 $30.00 $35.00 Roth Phillips Taub Castronova Beyond the Becoming Freud Other People’s Wildcat Currency University 978-0-300-15866-3 Houses 978-0-300-18613-0 978-0-300-17551-6 $25.00 978-0-300-16898-3 $30.00 $25.00 $30.00 RECENT GENERAL INTEREST HIGHLIGHTS 1 General Interest General Interest 1 Q: Although Augustus is far less well-known than his great uncle, Julius Caesar, you find that he was actually a much more compelling figure. Why is that so? A: Julius Caesar’s career was conventional until he reached middle age. But Augustus broke all the rules Augustus and was a master of re-inventing himself. There are First Emperor of Rome more surviving images of him than anyone else in the ancient world. Augustus boasted that he had given the Adrian Goldsworthy Romans peace after decades of chaos and violence, and yet at the same time he presided over the most intensive The dramatic story of Rome’s first emperor, who period of Roman imperial expansion. Jo Nixon plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of 19, proceeded to destroy all A conversation rivals, and more than anyone else created the Q: One of the fascinating overarching themes of your with Adrian Roman Empire Goldsworthy book is how Augustus transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. What were his tactics and why were they so effective? Why is his reign of such immense Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in west- historical importance? ern history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teen- A: Augustus claimed to have restored the res age warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir publica—the state—but in reality he monopolized of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed military power and was a military dictator in all but him “a boy who owes everything to a name,” but in the name. On the other hand he worked hard to justify his years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older supremacy, spending more than half his reign touring and more experienced politicians and was the last man the far-flung provinces, and, wherever he was, devoting standing in 30 BC. Over the next half century he rein- a great deal of attention to petitioners who came to vented himself as a servant of the state who gave Rome him from all over the world. The new system was less peace and stability, and created a new system of govern- democratic but it worked, not only during his lifetime ment—the Principate or rule of an emperor. but also in the centuries to follow, when the empire was more stable and prosperous than ever before. In this highly anticipated biography Goldsworthy puts his deep knowledge of ancient sources to full use, “Augustus splendidly completes the trilogy that started with Caesar and continued Praise for CAESAR: LIFE OF A COLOSSUS: recounting the events of Augustus’ long life in greater detail than ever before. Goldsworthy pins down the with Antony and Cleopatra. It is the best “An authoritative and exciting portrait not only of Caesar but man behind the myths: a consummate manipulator, extended treatment in English of Augustus’ of the complex society in which he lived.”—Steven Coates, propagandist, and showman, both generous and ruth- career and his many contradictions.”—Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin New York Times Book Review less. Under Augustus’ rule the empire prospered, yet his success was never assured and the events of his life Also by Adrian Goldsworthy: unfolded with exciting unpredictability. Goldsworthy Caesar Praise for ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA: Life of a Colossus captures the passion and savagery, the public image and Paper 978-0-300-12689-1 $22.00 “Readers who recognize Goldsworthy as Britain’s most prolific private struggles of the real man whose epic life contin- How Rome Fell Death of a Superpower and perhaps finest popular historian of Roman times will find ues to influence western history. Paper 978-0-300-16426-8 $22.00 him once again at his best . in this thoughtful, deeply satisfy- Antony and Cleopatra Paper 978-0-300-17745-9 $20.00 sc ing work.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY is a leading historian of the ancient world and author of acclaimed biographies of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra among many other books. He lectures widely and consults on historical documentaries produced by the History Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC. He lives in the Vale August Biography/History of Glamorgan, UK. Cloth 978-0-300-17872-2 $35.00 Also available as an eBook. 1 1 480 pp. 6 ⁄8 x 9 ⁄4 20 b/w illus. For sale in the United States, its territories and dependencies, and the Philippine Islands 2 General Interest Q: Although Augustus is far less well-known than his great uncle, Julius Caesar, you find that he was actually a much more compelling figure. Why is that so? A: Julius Caesar’s career was conventional until he reached middle age. But Augustus broke all the rules Augustus and was a master of re-inventing himself. There are First Emperor of Rome more surviving images of him than anyone else in the ancient world. Augustus boasted that he had given the Adrian Goldsworthy Romans peace after decades of chaos and violence, and yet at the same time he presided over the most intensive The dramatic story of Rome’s first emperor, who period of Roman imperial expansion. Jo Nixon plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of 19, proceeded to destroy all A conversation rivals, and more than anyone else created the Q: One of the fascinating overarching themes of your with Adrian Roman Empire Goldsworthy book is how Augustus transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. What were his tactics and why were they so effective? Why is his reign of such immense Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in west- historical importance? ern history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teen- A: Augustus claimed to have restored the res age warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir publica—the state—but in reality he monopolized of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed military power and was a military dictator in all but him “a boy who owes everything to a name,” but in the name. On the other hand he worked hard to justify his years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older supremacy, spending more than half his reign touring and more experienced politicians and was the last man the far-flung provinces, and, wherever he was, devoting standing in 30 BC. Over the next half century he rein- a great deal of attention to petitioners who came to vented himself as a servant of the state who gave Rome him from all over the world. The new system was less peace and stability, and created a new system of govern- democratic but it worked, not only during his lifetime ment—the Principate or rule of an emperor. but also in the centuries to follow, when the empire was more stable and prosperous than ever before. In this highly anticipated biography Goldsworthy puts his deep knowledge of ancient sources to full use, “Augustus splendidly completes the trilogy that started with Caesar and continued Praise for CAESAR: LIFE OF A COLOSSUS: recounting the events of Augustus’ long life in greater detail than ever before. Goldsworthy pins down the with Antony and Cleopatra. It is the best “An authoritative and exciting portrait not only of Caesar but man behind the myths: a consummate manipulator, extended treatment in English of Augustus’ of the complex society in which he lived.”—Steven Coates, propagandist, and showman, both generous and ruth- career and his many contradictions.”—Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin New York Times Book Review less. Under Augustus’ rule the empire prospered, yet his success was never assured and the events of his life Also by Adrian Goldsworthy: unfolded with exciting unpredictability. Goldsworthy Caesar Praise for ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA: Life of a Colossus captures the passion and savagery, the public image and Paper 978-0-300-12689-1 $22.00 “Readers who recognize Goldsworthy as Britain’s most prolific private struggles of the real man whose epic life contin- How Rome Fell Death of a Superpower and perhaps finest popular historian of Roman times will find ues to influence western history. Paper 978-0-300-16426-8 $22.00 him once again at his best . in this thoughtful, deeply satisfy- Antony and Cleopatra Paper 978-0-300-17745-9 $20.00 sc ing work.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY is a leading historian of the ancient world and author of acclaimed biographies of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra among many other books. He lectures widely and consults on historical documentaries produced by the History Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC.