Dennison, Matthew

The Twelve Caesars : the dramatic lives of the emperors of Rome / Matthew Dennison. - New York : St. Martin's Press, c2012. - 385 p.: ill.; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: " Julius Caesar: "Too great for mortal man" -- Augustus: "All clap your hands" -- Tiberius: "Ever dark and mysterious" -- Gaius Caligula: "Equally furious against men and against the gods" -- Claudius: "Remarkable freak of fortune" -- Nero: "An angler in the lake of darkness" -- Galba: "Equal to empire had he never been emperor" -- Otho: "If I was worthy to be Roman emperor..." -- Vitellius: "A series of carousals and revels" -- Vespasian: "The fox changes his fur, but not his nature" -- Titus: "The delight and darling of the human race" -- Domitian: "But the third?".

9781250023537


Emperors--Rome--Biography


Rome--History--Julio-Claudians--30 B.C. - 68 A.D.
Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96

DG 278 / .D46 2012