TY - BOOK AU - Holland,Tom TI - Dynasty: the rise and fall of the house of Caesar SN - 9781408703373 (hbk.) : AV - DG278 U1 - 937.07 HOL 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Little, Brown KW - Rome KW - History KW - Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -