Augustus at War: The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

Lindsay Powell's book "Augustus at War" provides a detailed analysis of the military power that underpinned Augustus' rise to power, conquests, and ability to sustain his rule. He demonstrates that Augustus was a brilliant strategist and manager of war who built a team of semi-autonomous legati to ensure internal security and fight his wars for him. Powell's book offers a new and provocative assessment of the men and events shaping a crucial period in world history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 09 December 2022
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, rose to power through a combination of military strength, strategic alliances, and political savvy. His conquests, which extended the empire's borders from Italy to Egypt, were facilitated by a well-trained and disciplined army. Powell's analysis of the military power that underpinned Augustus's rise to power, his conquests, and his ability to sustain his rule is a superb achievement.

Powell meticulously details and analyzes the composition, deployment, and actions of this army, providing a much-needed resource of information that has no parallel in astute comprehensiveness. His superb treatment shows Imperator Caesar Augustus in action and helps us understand the military Augustus and his times more clearly.

Karl Galinsky, Floyd A. Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin, praises Powell's work, stating that he provides valuable insights into an under-appreciated aspect of Augustus's reign. Galinsky also commends Powell's highly competent and readable style.

Philip Matyszak, author of "The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty," also praises Powell's book, stating that he provides valuable insights into an under-appreciated aspect of Augustus's reign. Matyszak commends Powell's usual highly competent and readable style.

The words "Pax Augusta" or "Pax Romana" evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. In this new book, Lindsay Powell exposes the truth for the lie that it is. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14, the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting enemies beyond the frontier in punitive raids or for outright conquest. But it was also entangled in suppressing rebellions within the borders or itself on the verge of mutiny. Remarkably, over the same period, Augustus succeeded in nearly doubling the size of the Empire, outperforming either Pompey the Great or Julius Caesar for conquests.

How did Augustus, a second-rate field commander, and a man known to become physically ill, bef.

Weight: 666g
Dimension: 158 x 233 x 41 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399023368