| The Twelve Caesars
(1975)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
Emperors - Biography - Rome; Rome - History |
| Publication Date |
8/1/1975 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.5
x
6.2
mm)
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| Publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Personal Details |
| Store |
AbeBooks |
| Purchase Price |
$10.96 |
| Acquire Date |
2/25/2021 |
| Condition |
Good/Good |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
DG278 .G68 1975 |
| Dewey |
937.00992 |
| ISBN |
9780684144023 |
| Cover Price |
$15.95 |
| No. of Pages |
282 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
This book is a very brief survey of Roman leadership from 49 BC to 96 AD.
Very brief. The text is 260 pages which includes about 30 pages of introduction and conclusion. So, on average we're at less than 20 pages per Caesar. Nobody gets less than about ten, which means a single year (the Year of the Four Emporers) gets as much coverage as Julius or Augustus.
I've read a fair amount of fiction about Julius and Augustus but knew nothing about any of the rest. Except for the cliches, that is: Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Caligula was... Caligula. I think this book satisfied my curiosity about these guys. I might have been happier if the book was twice as long, but I knew that it was short before I picked it up.
Grant relies, for the most part, on half a dozen sources: Suetonius, Tacitus, Seneca, Juvenal, Dio. The text is more reportorial than literary.
Now I'd like to find something good about Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius. |
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