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Emperors Don't Die in Bed

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
ISBN
0203477057, 0203338103, 0415312019, 0415312027, 9780203477052
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4606625 bytes)
Pages
192 pages\192
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

A lively general introduction to the Roman Emperors, from Julius Ceasar (44BC) to Romulus Augustulus (476 AD), the last western Emperor. Focusses on their unusual deaths, and what their final days can tell us about their lives.;Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The Julio-Claudian emperors; The year of the four emperors; The Flavian emperors; The Antonine emperors; The African and Syrian emperors; The soldier emperors; Diocletian and the tetrarchy; Constantine and the struggle for power; The dynasty of Constantine; The late fourth century; The divided empire; The end of antiquity; Family trees; Maps; Bibliography; Index.

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