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Chronicle of the Roman emperors :

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0500050775

(Number (ISBN

9780500050774

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b528564

Title Proper

Chronicle of the Roman emperors :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome /

First Statement of Responsibility

Chris Scarre.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Thames and Hudson,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[1995]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

240 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), color maps ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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.

Parallel Title

Roman emperors

Emperors-- Rome, Biography.

Rome, History, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

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Scarre, Christopher

Date of Transaction

20170426170723.0

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