Description
A Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, Emperor of Rome explores what it was really like to rule and be ruled in the ancient Roman world. Following her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard turns her attention to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar, assassinated in 44 BCE, to Alexander Severus, assassinated in 235 CE. Rather than offering a conventional chronological account of rulers such as Caligula, Nero and Marcus Aurelius, Beard asks broader questions: What power did emperors actually have, and was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? Drawing on nearly three centuries of history, the book examines Roman and modern fantasies about what it meant to be Roman and presents Roman history in a distinctive way.
Information
Author: Beardová Mary
Language: English
Publication date: September 28, 2023
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, History books in english, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 492
ISBN/EAN: 9781846683787