Evil Roman Emperors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evil Roman Emperors write by Phillip Barlag. This book was released on 2021-06-15. Evil Roman Emperors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it’s sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn’t do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did with unrestrained power, is plenty weird, salacious and horrifying. And he is not alone. Roman history, from the very foundation of the city, is replete with people and stories that shock our modern sensibilities. Evil Roman Emperors puts the worst of Rome’s rulers in one place and offers a review of their lives and a historical context for what made them into what they became. It concludes by ranking them, counting down to the worst ruler in Rome’s long history. Lucius Tarquinius Suburbus called peace conferences with warring states, only to slaughter foreign leaders; Commodus sold offices of the empire to the highest bidder; Caligula demanded to be worshipped as a god, and marched troops all the way to the ocean simply to collect seashells as “proof” of their conquest; even the Roman Senate itself was made up of oppressors, exploiters, and murderers of all stripes. Author Phillip Barlag profiles a host of evil Roman rulers across the history of their empire, along with the faceless governing bodies that condoned and even carried out heinous acts. Roman history, deviant or otherwise, is a subject of endless fascination. What’s never been done before is to look at the worst of the worst at the same time, comparing them side by side, and ranking them against one another. Until now.
The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine write by Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier. This book was released on 1761. The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Roman Emperors
The Roman Emperors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roman Emperors write by Michael Grant. This book was released on 1985. The Roman Emperors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ten Caesars
Ten Caesars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ten Caesars write by Barry Strauss. This book was released on 2020-03-03. Ten Caesars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. In this essential and “enlightening” (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome’s legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business—the government of an empire—by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is a “captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures” (Publishers Weekly). This “superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today” (The Wall Street Journal).
A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors
A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors write by Anthony Blond. This book was released on 2012-10-25. A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the recent success of 'Rome' on BBC2, no one will look at the private lives of the Roman Emperors again in the same light. Anthony Blond's scandalous expose of the life of the Caesars is a must-read for all interested in what really went on in ancient Rome. Julius Caesar is usually presented as a glorious general when in fact he was an arrogant charmer and a swank; Augustus was so conscious of his height that he put lifts in his sandals. But they were nothing compared to Caligula, Claudius and Nero. This book is fascinating reading, eye-opening in its revelations and effortlessly entertaining.
