The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire "A fascinating study of political life in ancient Rome."—Nick Romeo, Christian Science Monitor Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is fi...(展开全部)

The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire "A fascinating study of political life in ancient Rome."—Nick Romeo, Christian Science Monitor Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is fi...(展开全部)

This unique book provides the student of Roman history with an accessible and detailed introduction to Roman and provincial coinage in the late Republic and early Empire in the context of current historical themes and debates. Almost two hundred different coins are illustrated at double life size, with each described in detail, and technical Latin and numismatic terms are expla...(展开全部)

罗伯特·斯卡拉皮诺（Robert A.Scalapino），中文名“施乐伯”。1919年生于美国堪萨斯州，在大学主修政治学和国际关系，并获哈佛大学政治学博士学位。l949年后一直在伯克利加州大学政治系任教，直至1990年退休，其间1962-1965年任政治系主任。1978年他在伯克利创立了东亚研究所，并在退休前一直担任所长。斯卡拉皮诺曾担任《亚洲概览》（Asian Survey）杂志主编达34年（1962-1996年）。在六十多年的学术生涯中，他共发表了540篇论文，以及包括本书在内的39本著作。

李文烈（1948一），韩国当代最著名、最受欢迎的作家之一。在韩国文坛辛勤耕耘三十余年，创作了大量题卡才丰富、主题深刻、结构严谨、描写细腻、形式多样，而且通俗易懂、容易引起共鸣的文学作品。其作品涉及艺术、战争、宗教、爱情等人生与社会的方方面面，创造出一个个多姿多彩、引人入 胜的艺术世界，获得了众多读者的喜爱，具有广泛的社会影响力。曾获今日作家奖，东仁文学奖、大韩民国文学奖、中央文化大奖、李箱文学奖、现代文学奖等韩国文学界的多种重要奖项，堪称当代韩国作家中获奖最多的作家之一。

李文烈（1948一），韩国当代最著名、最受欢迎的作家之一。在韩国文坛辛勤耕耘三十余年，创作了大量题卡才丰富、主题深刻、结构严谨、描写细腻、形式多样，而且通俗易懂、容易引起共鸣的文学作品。其作品涉及艺术、战争、宗教、爱情等人生与社会的方方面面，创造出一个个多姿多彩、引人入 胜的艺术世界，获得了众多读者的喜爱，具有广泛的社会影响力。曾获今日作家奖，东仁文学奖、大韩民国文学奖、中央文化大奖、李箱文学奖、现代文学奖等韩国文学界的多种重要奖项，堪称当代韩国作家中获奖最多的作家之一。

The dramatic story of Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. Thrusting himself into Rome’s ext...(展开全部)

Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him “a boy who owes everything to a name,” but in the years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older and ...(展开全部)

The dramatic story of Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. Thrusting himself into Rome’s ext...(展开全部)

Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him “a boy who owes everything to a name,” but in the years to come the youth outmaneuvered all the older and ...(展开全部)