Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
Mary Beard
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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.
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Praise for Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
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'An accomplished scholar and lively debunker...Beard informs and entertains without ever patronising her readers. What she touches turns to light' - Independent'Mary Beard has pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn't sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship ... what she says is always powerful and interesting' - Guardian'Dynamically, wittily and authoritativelybrings the ancient world to life' - Simon Sebag Montefiore'An irrepressible enthusiast with arefreshing disregard for convention' - FT
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