| Contents |
The main characters -- Maps -- Welcome -- Prologue. Dinner with Elagabalus -- One-man rule : the basics -- Who's next? : the art of succession -- Power dining -- What's in a palace? -- Palace people : the emperor in his court -- On the job -- Time off? -- Emperors abroad -- Face to face -- 'I think I am becoming a God' -- Epilogue. The end of an era -- What's in a name? -- Further reading and places to visit -- List of illustrations -- Timeline. |
| Abstract |
The best-selling author of The Fires of Vesuvius presents a comprehensive history of the social and political world of the Roman emperors including Julius Caesar, Nero, Alexander Severus, Caligula, and Marcus Aurelius. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-457) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Beard, Mary, 1955- Emperor of Rome. London : Profile Books Ltd, 2023 9781847654403 |
| Genre/form | History--Ancient--Rome. |
| Genre/form | Biography & Autobiography--Historical. |
| Genre/form | Biography & Autobiography--Presidents & Heads of State. |
| Genre/form | History--Military-Ancient. |
| Genre/form | History |
| Genre/form | Informational works |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9780871404220 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0871404222 (hardcover) |
| Stock number | W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795 |
