Emperor of Rome - Ruling the Ancient Roman World

What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller SPQR , Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE) . Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

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Britain's most famous classicist [is] at the peak of her powers ... Even more interesting than the insight into the imperial elite is the light the book sheds on the modern world Sathnam Sanghera The Times

Product details

• Authors: Mary Beard, MARY BEARD
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2023
• EAN: 9781846683787
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-378-7
• No. of pages: 493
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, European history: the Romans