Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller - Hardcover

Beard, Professor Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846683785 ISBN 13: 9781846683787

Publisher: Profile Books, 2023

Synopsis

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)

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About the Author

Mary Beard is one of the most original and best-known classicists working today. She is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Classics editor of the TLS. She is a fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her books include the Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (2008) and the best-selling SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2015). Her popular TLS blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. Her latest book is Women & Power: A Manifesto (2017).

From the Back Cover

In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).

Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?

Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

Edition details

• Publisher: Profile Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846683785
• ISBN 13: 9781846683787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512