As featured in English translation: In a completely different style, but still in English, Lindsay Powell's Tiberius, with a preface by Penelope J. Goodman (Pen & Sword Military), evokes a largely unknown emperor, caught between the figure of his immense predecessor, Augustus, and his highly controversial successor, Caligula. Tiberius was above all a competent and effective military man, promoted in the shadow of the popular and flamboyant Germanicus to the rank of designated heir to the Empire. The author deciphers in rich detail the stages of his long-thwarted rise to power. Urged on by his mother, Livia, Augustus's wife, Tiberius was for a long time merely a backup in his father-in-law's dynastic plans. The book devotes an entire chapter to the decisive campaigns led by Tiberius in Illyricum and Germania. The work also includes numerous appendices and a remarkably rich bibliography. Very comprehensive, this biography offers a particularly positive assessment of Tiberius's reign, leaving.. Read more
VaeVictis Magazine - July/August 2025
As featured in English translation: In a completely different style, but still in English, Lindsay Powell's Tiberius, with a preface by Penelope J. Goodman (Pen & Sword Military), evokes a largely unknown emperor, caught between the figure of his immense predecessor, Augustus, and his highly controversial successor, Caligula. Tiberius was above all a competent and effective military man, promoted in the shadow of the popular and flamboyant Germanicus to the rank of designated heir to the Empire. The author deciphers in rich detail the stages of his long-thwarted rise to power. Urged on by his mother, Livia, Augustus's wife, Tiberius was for a long time merely a backup in his father-in-law's dynastic plans. The book devotes an entire chapter to the decisive campaigns led by Tiberius in Illyricum and Germania. The work also includes numerous appendices and a remarkably rich bibliography. Very comprehensive, this biography offers a particularly positive assessment of Tiberius's reign, leaving.. Read more
VaeVictis Magazine - July/August 2025
"This collection of essays was informative and entertaining, and it should prove useful for lay-readers as well as experts in Roman Republican warfare."
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BEATING TSUNDOKU - Robert Neil Smith - writer, editor, researcher, and tutor.
"This collection of essays was informative and entertaining, and it should prove useful for lay-readers as well as experts in Roman Republican warfare."
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BEATING TSUNDOKU - Robert Neil Smith - writer, editor, researcher, and tutor.
I recommend it to research libraries and serious scholars alike.
BMCR - April 2025
I recommend it to research libraries and serious scholars alike.
BMCR - April 2025
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Great book.
As someone who found later in life that my family has witches in our past and current it always fascinated me.
Especially when none of us knew of the past yet able do things that sadly centuries ago people would been hounded for.
It's sad history that has happened and good find book that reflects this.
NetGalley, Karen Bull
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Great book.
As someone who found later in life that my family has witches in our past and current it always fascinated me.
Especially when none of us knew of the past yet able do things that sadly centuries ago people would been hounded for.
It's sad history that has happened and good find book that reflects this.
NetGalley, Karen Bull
“Ian Hughes chronicles all of these events in his book, but with special attention given to the revolution in military affairs which took place under the two Emperors.”
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Consolation of Antiquity
“Ian Hughes chronicles all of these events in his book, but with special attention given to the revolution in military affairs which took place under the two Emperors.”
Read the full review [link=https://consolationofantiquity.com/2025/01/30/a-military-life-of-constantine-the-great-ian-hughes-2/]here[/link]
Consolation of Antiquity
Tiberius
History has not been kind to the memory of Tiberius Caesar (42 BC-AD 37), second emperor of the Romans. His reputation for capable generalship and sensible civic leadership are marred by reports of cruelty, treason trials and sexual depravity. Some historians have described him as a ‘tyrant’ or even a ‘monster’. But does he deserve this negative… Read more...
