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Ten Caesars - Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine (Hardcover)
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Ten Caesars - Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine (Hardcover)
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Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an
exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten
Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street
Journal)-a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman
Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important
emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. In this essential and
"enlightening" (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss
tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from
Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it
Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During
these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost
both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman
Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity,
religion, and culture that it would have been virtually
unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome's legacy remains today in so many
ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman
Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through
the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero,
Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus,
Diocletian and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain
the family business-the government of an empire-by adapting when
necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is
a "captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of
transformative figures" (Publishers Weekly). This "superb summation
of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression,
confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing
for the general reader today" (The Wall Street Journal).
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