Barbara Levick

British historian and epigrapher (1931–2023)

Barbara Mary Levick was a British historian and epigrapher, focusing particularly on the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire.

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Augustus

By Barbara Levick

History

Throughout a long and spectacularly successful political life, the Emperor Augustus (63BC-AD14) was a master of spin. Barbara Levick exposes the techniques which he used to disguise the ruthlessness of his rise to power and to enhance his successes once…