Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome (Chronicle) (Hardback)
$31.38 - Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Chronicle of the Roman Emperors A book focusing on the 80 rulers of Imperial Rome, giving information about who built the Colosseum and when Rome was sacked by the Goths. There are biographical portraits of each emperor, balancing contemporary judgements with information based on modern research.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 17 October 1995
- Format: Hardback 240 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Biography: Royalty | Reference Works | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780500050774 ISBN 10: 0500050775
- Sales rank: 147,424
Other books
Full description for Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
A book focusing on the succession of 80 Roman emperors, using timelines and visual aids. Information such as who built the Colosseum and when Rome was sacked by the Goths is provided. There are biographical portraits of the 56 principal emperors from Augustus to Constantine, with a concluding section on the later emperors. Contemporary judgements made by writers such as Suetonius and Tacitus are balanced by character assessments made in the light of modern research. The famous and the infamous emperors are all looked at, including Caligula and Claudius, Trajan and Caracalla. Each emperor is introduced by a coin portrait, a bust and a datafile listing information about their lives.
