Description
Mary Beard’s book examines both the facts and the myths surrounding the rulers of the ancient Roman world, asking what they did, why they did it and why their stories are so often told in an extravagant, almost sensational way. It explores serious questions of power, corruption and conspiracy, while also turning to the practical details of imperial life: what the rulers ate and where, whom they slept with and how they travelled. The book introduces many people who were not emperors and had no desire to become them, yet helped make the imperial system function, including cautious aristocrats, slave cooks, diligent secretaries, court jesters and even the doctor who treated a young prince for tonsillitis. Mary Beard asks how stories of madness among Rome’s rulers arose, how the empire was actually administered and why the people of Rome feared that the rule of their emperors was not as blood-soaked as expected, but instead represented a strange and disturbing dystopia built on fraud and deception. The contents are in Czech.
Information
Language: Czech
Publication date: August 20, 2026
Manufacturer: GRADA Publishing, a. s.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 492
ISBN/EAN: 9788027161140