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  3. Nicolaus of Damascus: The Life of Augustus and The Autobiography
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      11 May 2017
      22 December 2016
      ISBN:
      9781139871839
      9781107075610
      9781107428324
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139871839
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.71kg, 498 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (210 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.638kg, 502 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Religion
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    Nicolaus of Damascus, the chief minister of Herod the Great, was an exact contemporary of the first Roman emperor Augustus; he spent considerable time in Roman society and knew Augustus. The extensive remains of his Bios Kaisaros contain the earliest and most detailed account of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar and his assassination. The Bios also presents the most extensive account of the boyhood and early development of Augustus. This edition presents the Greek text and translation of the Bios and Nicolaus' autobiography, along with a historical and historiographical commentary. The Introduction situates the text in relation to the considerable evidence for the life and career of Nicolaus preserved in the works of Josephus, addresses the problem of its date of composition, analyses the language and narrative technique of Nicolaus and discusses the Bios in relation to the evidence for Greek biographical encomium.

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