Bibliograph

The twelve caesars, the dramatic lives of the emperors of Rome, Matthew Dennison

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The twelve caesars, the dramatic lives of the emperors of Rome, Matthew Dennison

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The twelve caesars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

835951460

Responsibility statement

Matthew Dennison

Sub title

the dramatic lives of the emperors of Rome

Summary

A retelling of the lives and times of the Roman emperors traces how their reigns marked Rome's shift from a republic to an influential empire, offering a sequence of biographies that offers insight into the political and social dynamics of each ruler's time

Table Of Contents

Julius Caesar: "Too great for mortal man" -- Augustus: "All clap your hands" -- Tiberius: "Ever dark and mysterious" -- Gaius Caligula: "Equally furious against men and against the gods" -- Claudius: "Remarkable freak of fortune" -- Nero: "An angler in the lake of darkness" -- Galba: "Equal to empire had he never been emperor" -- Otho: "If I was worthy to be Roman emperor ..." -- Vitellius: "A series of carousals and revels" -- Vespasian: "The fox changes his fur, but not his nature" -- Titus: "The delight and darling of the human race" -- Domitian: "But the third?"

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