Kill Caesar! : assassination in the early Roman Empire /

Exploring the history of internal security under the first Roman dynasty, this book answers the enduring question: If there were 9,000 men guarding the emperor, why did Rome have the highest rate of assassination of any world empire? Sheldon concludes that the repeated problem of "killing Caesa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Republic
  • The Augustan system : fume et specule
  • Augustus and the opposition : attempts on the life of the Emperor
  • The reign of Tiberius
  • The conspiracy that killed Caligula
  • Claudius the fool?
  • The "mad" Emperor Nero
  • The end of the Julio-Claudians
  • Conspiracies and conspiracy theories : an empire in blood.