Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World Mary Beard

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"A vivid way to re-examine what we know, and don’t, about life at the top.... Emperor of Rome is a masterly group portrait, an invitation to think skeptically but not contemptuously of a familiar civilization." —Kyle Harper, Wall Street Journal

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most famous classicist” (Guardian).