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  • - The End of a Dynasty
    av Miriam Griffin
    612 - 2 142,-

    Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero.

  • av Barbara Levick
    573 - 2 174,-

  • - A Biography
    av Anthony R Birley
    609 - 2 460,-

    Originally published: London: B.T. Batsford, 1966.

  • - The Fight for the Roman West AD 395-423
    av Chris Doyle
    573 - 1 857,-

  • av Dr. John D. Grainger
    612 - 2 160,-

    Biography of the elderly Roman emperor Nerva, whose short reign stabilised the empire after the death of the tyrant Domitian. This book describes the crisis that preceded Nerva's accession as well as his achievement.

  • - Tragic Tyrant
    av Pat Southern
    624 - 2 160,-

    This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war through to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion.

  • - The Colossus of Rome
    av USA) Billows & Richard A. (Columbia University
    548 - 2 401,-

    Offers an account of Julius Caesar's life and times, and an imaginative recounting of actions and events, providing the ideal introduction to Caesar for general readers and students of classics and ancient history. This book also explains the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing system, in which Caesar played a crucial part.

  • av Australia) Leadbetter & William Lewis (Edith Cowan University
    536 - 1 960,-

    A study of the emperor Galerius, presenting how he interacted with his co-emperor the great Diocletian and how their policies were developed. It argues that Diocletian's apparent reforms to the imerial office, with the invention of what is commonly called a 'tetrarchy', are inventions of modern historiography.

  • av Alaric Watson
    609 - 2 160,-

    A biography of the emperor who contributed more to the recovery of the Roman Empire than any other individual of his time.

  • av Barbara Levick
    612 - 2 142,-

    Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography.

  • - The Restless Emperor
    av Anthony R. Birley
    548 - 2 136,-

    This biography draws together inscriptional and literary evidence, as well as academic research, in order to examine the reign and politics of the emperor Hadrian. In examining both his private and public life, it touches on his building programme, the Jewish war and his personal relationships.

  • - The African Emperor
    av Anthony R. Birley
    548 - 2 618,-

    This biography looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor.

  • - Optimus Princeps
    av Julian Bennett
    548 - 2 160,-

    In this, the only biography of Trajan available in English, Julian Bennett tests Trajan's reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues.

  • - The Empire at Bay
    av Gerard Friell
    612,-

    The authors examine the emperor and his character and the state of the Roman empire, putting his reign in the context of the troubled times.

  • av Stephen Williams
    737 - 2 014,-

    Diocletian and the Roman Recovery is both a portrait of one of Rome's greatest and most original rulers, and a political study in the emergence of Absolutism.

  • av Kenneth Wellesley
    609 - 2 160,-

    A welcome reissue of Kenneth Wellesley's classic study, this is the only book to tackle this crucial period in detail and will appeal to scholars, students and the general reader alike.

  • - Mother of Nero
    av Anthony A. Barrett
    609,-

    Barrett argues that Agrippina - mother of Nero, wife of Claudius and brother to Caligula - has been misunderstood and had much influence and power in her own right.

  • av Patricia Southern
    535 - 2 316,-

  • - Mother of Nero
    av Anthony A. Barrett
    2 160,-

    As in his bestselling biography of Caligula, Professor Barrett combines immaculate scholarship with a gripping style.

  • - The Circumstances of Imperial Power
    av J. A. S. Evans
    609 - 2 160,-

    A readable and absorbing account of the great Emperor Justinian detailing the social structure of sixth-century Byzantium and Justinian's wars which restored Italy, Africa and part of Spain to the Empire.

  • - The Abuse of Power
    av Canada (Emeritus)) Barrett & Anthony A. (University of British Colombia
    599 - 2 426,-

    "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.

  • av Charles M. Odahl
    705 - 2 011,-

    Drawing on over a quarter of a century of the author's research and experience, this book focuses on the man and his life for scholars, students, and those interested in Roman imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine imperial history. It is illustrated with ninety-two photographs and eight maps.

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