DARK HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS: FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO THE FALL OF ROME
Written by Michael Kerrigan
Published by Amber Books Ltd
in 2012
ISBN: 9781908273833
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
DARK HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS: FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO THE FALL OF ROME
Written by Michael Kerrigan.
Stock no. 1830638
2015.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
From the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., revealing the adultery, incest, profligacy, sadism and insanity of Rome's 500-year empire. Pictorial glazed boards. Blue illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations and photos. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908273833. Small corner crease to front flap of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- PROLOGUE
- THE FIRST CAESARS
- 'LITTLE BOOTS'
- THE IGNOMINIOUS EMPEROR CLAUDIUS
- NERO:'WHAT AN ARTIST'
- IN THE STEPS OF THE CAESARS
- GOOD MEN.... MOSTLY
- COMMODUS: AN EMPEROR UNHINGED
- 193: ROME'S YEAR OF SHAME
- CARACALLA AND GETA: THE FEUDING EMPERORS
- ELAGABALUS: A TEENAGE REPROBATE
- EPILOGUE
- INDEX