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" Chronicle of the Roman emperors : "
Chris Scarre.
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BL
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706375
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b528564
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| Main Entry
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Scarre, Christopher
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Chronicle of the Roman emperors : : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome /\ Chris Scarre.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Thames and Hudson,, [1995]
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240 pages :: illustrations (some color), color maps ;; 26 cm
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0500050775
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: 9780500050774
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface: Imperial lives -- Introduction: The background to empire -- The first emperors, 31 BC-AD 96 -- The high point of Empire, AD 96-235: -- Crisis and renewal, AD 235-337 -- The last emperors, AD 337-476.
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Special features: The principal textual sources -- A guide to imperial titles -- Monuments of a dynasty -- Claudius the builder -- Nero's golden house -- The Colosseum -- The new palace -- Trajan's column -- Hadrian's buildings -- Severus the builder -- The baths of Caracalla -- The Gallic empire -- Palmyra -- Buildings of the new empire -- Constantine and Rome.
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Chronicle of the Roman Emperors is the first book to focus on the succession of rulers of imperial Rome, using timelines and other visual aids throughout. Now no one need be in any doubt as to who built the Colosseum or when Rome was sacked by the Goths: the Chronicle provides the answers, quickly and authoritatively. This is only one aspect, however, of the book's value. The biographical portraits of the 56 principal emperors from Augustus to Constantine, together with a concluding section on the later emperors, build into a highly readable single-volume history of imperial Rome. Colorful contemporary judgments by writers such as Suetonius and Tacitus are balanced by judicious character assessments made in the light of modern research. The famous and the infamous--Caligula and Claudius, Trajan and Caracalla--receive their due, while lesser names emerge clearly from the shadows for the first time.
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In addition to timelines detailing major events, each emperor is introduced by a coin portrait, a bust and a datafile listing key information, such as name at birth, full imperial titles, and place and manner of death. Numerous special features supplement the main narrative.
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Emperors-- Rome, Biography.
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Rome, History, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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937/.06/0922
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B
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DG274.S28 1995
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Roman emperors
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