The sons of Caesar : Imperial Rome's first dynasty / Philip Matyszak ; with 90 illustrations
Language: English
Published by London : Thames and Hudson, 2006
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- Hardcover
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Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publisher's file copy. Physical description; 296 p. (incl. [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps, ports, geneal. tables ; 24 cm. Subjects; Emperors Rome Biography. Rome History Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- The sons of Caesar : Imperial Rome's first dynasty / Philip Matyszak ; with 90 illustrations
- Author
- Matyszak, Philip
- Publisher
- London : Thames and Hudson
- Publication year
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0500251282
- ISBN 13
- 9780500251287
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
The story of one of the most colorful dynasties in history, from Caesar's rise to power in the first century BC to Nero's death in AD 68
This engaging new study reviews the long history of the Julian and Claudian families in the Roman Republic and the social and political background of Rome. At the heart of the account are the lives of six men―Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Neromen―who mastered Rome and then changed it from a democracy to a personal possession. It was no easy task: Caesar and Caligula were assassinated, Nero committed suicide, and Claudius was poisoned. Only Augustus and Tiberius died natural deaths and even that is uncertain.The Julio-Claudian saga has a host of other intriguing characters, from Cicero, the last great statesman of the Republic, to Livia, matriarch of the Empire; the passionate Mark Antony and the scheming Sejanus; and Agrippina, mother of Nero and sister of Caligula, who probably murdered her husband and was in turn killed by her son. Set against a background of foreign wars and domestic intrigue, the story of Rome's greatest dynasty is also the story of the birth of an imperial system that shaped the Europe of today. 90 Illustrations
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