RelAudio

Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand man of Caesar Augustus [Audiobook] download free by Lindsay Powell

Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand man of Caesar Augustus Audiobook download free by Lindsay Powell
  • Listen audiobook: Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand man of Caesar Augustus
  • Author: Lindsay Powell
  • Release date: 2015/11/28
  • Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Biography
  • ISBN: 9781848846173
  • Rating: 9.87 of 10
  • Votes: 662
  • Review by: Arthur Buckner
  • Review rating: 9.7 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/17
  • Duration: 4H54M3S in 256 kbps (76.8 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-06
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MPEG-4 SLS, AC3, MP3, WAV, MPEG4, WMA, AIFF (compression CBZ, RAR, ZIP, 7Z)
  • Total pages original book: 384
  • Includes a PDF summary of 40 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 30M18S (8 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years - but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule in his own name. Why he did so, and never grasped power exclusively for himself, has perplexed historians for centuries. In his teens he formed a life-long friendship with Julius Caesar's great nephew, Caius Octavius, which would change world history. Following Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC, Agrippa was instrumental in asserting his friend's rights as the dictator's heir. He established a reputation as a bold admiral, defeating Sextus Pompeius at Mylae and Naulochus (36 BC), culminating in the epoch-making Battle of Actium (31 BC), which eliminated Marcus Antonius and Queen Cleopatra as rivals. He proved his genius for military command on land by ending bloody rebellions in the Cimmerian Bosporus, Gaul, Hispania and Illyricum. In Gaul Agrippa established the vital road network that helped turn Julius Caesar's conquests into viable provinces.As a diplomat, he befriended Herod the Great of Judaea and stabilised the East.As minister of works he overhauled Rome's drains and aqueducts, transformed public bathing in the city, created public parks with great artworks and built the original Pantheon. Agrippa became co-ruler of the Roman Empire with Augustus and married his daughter Julia. His three sons were adopted by his friend as potential heirs to the throne. Agrippa's unexpected death in 12 BC left Augustus bereft, but his bloodline lived on in the imperial family, through Agrippina the Elder to his grandson Caligula and great grandson Nero. MARCUS AGRIPPA is lucidly written by the author of the acclaimed biographies Eager for Glory and Germanicus. Illustrated with colour plates, figures and high quality maps, Lindsay Powell presents a penetrating new assessment of the life and achievements of the multifaceted man who put service to friend and country before himself.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Biography: Historical, Political & Military, European History, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Military History, Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • Download servers: Hotfile, Mediafire, Casebox, Filedropper, Uploaded, Dropbox, Google Drive, Krakenfiles, 4Shared, Microsoft OneDrive. Compressed in CBZ, RAR, ZIP, 7Z
  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 33.45 USD
  • Dimensions: 156x234x38mm
  • Weight: 726g
  • Printed by: Pen & Sword Military
  • Published in: South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Download audiobook in:



Option 0

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

Option 5

Categories: Biography, 2015, English
Vote:
With Their Backs to the World: Portraits From Serbia
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland

More audiobooks in language English

‹ ›

More audiobooks of 2015

‹ ›

More audiobooks of the genre or collection Biography

‹ ›
Genres
Religious Biography
Authors
Christopher Hitchens Max Lucado Zondervan David Pawson Tom Wright Rudolf Steiner Pema Chodron Thich Nhat Hanh
Years
1993 2011 1987 2003 1996 2002 2006 2000 2015 2016
Languages
English Not Available