Dynasty : the rise and fall of the house of Caesar /

Holland, Tom.

Dynasty : the rise and fall of the house of Caesar / Tom Holland. - London : Little, Brown, 2015. - xxvi, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the sequel to 'Rubicon', Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty. The book traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators. 'Dynasty' is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome.

9781408703373 (hbk.) : 25.00 1408703378 (hbk.) : 25.00


Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.


History.
History.

DG278

937.07 HOL