"Romajin-no Monogatari (VI)" by SHIONO Nanami

This sixth book of the "Roma-jin no Monogatari" series is written about Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, who is the first Roman emperor and called Augustus. By defeating Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, he succeeded to finish the Civil War, and that was the beginning of 'Pax Romana' or the Roman Peace which is the subtitle of this book. He was not a great soldier, but he has a good cooperator Agrippa. He also has a good speaker Maecenas. They changed the Rome Republic to the Roman Empire before people know it. This book contains until the death of Augustus.

(Finished reading on Dec.5, 2007)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* SHIONO Nanami : 塩野七生
* Roma-jin no Monogatari : ローマ人の物語
* Pax Romana : パクス・ロマーナ