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Meijer Fik

Emperors Don't Die in Bed

Routledge 2002,

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Author
Meijer Fik
Publishers
Routledge 2002
Keyword
Classica Ancient Rome Greece
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, br. d. 192pp. This fresh and engaging book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner of their deaths but what their final days tell us about their lives. We also hear how the most powerful position in the history of the Western world held a permanent appeal, despite its perils, with eager candidates constantly coming forward to seize the throne. Very few of the Roman emperors died a natural death. The insane Caligula was murdered after leaving the theatre; Caracalla while he was relieving himself. Caesar was stabbed twenty three times and Otho was dragged into the Tiber with a flesh-hook. However great an emperor's power, danger was ever present. Emperors Don't Die in Bed provides a clear history of the imperial succession as well as a compelling depiction of the intrigue and drama of Roman imperial politics.
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