Palatine : an alternative history of the Caesars /
"The Palatine Hill in Rome is the birthplace of Western bureaucracy, a warren of banqueting and bedrooms, a treacherous household where it takes special talents to survive. This is a Roman history of the time of the Caesars - Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero - with a cast of new men and ne...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The Palatine Hill in Rome is the birthplace of Western bureaucracy, a warren of banqueting and bedrooms, a treacherous household where it takes special talents to survive. This is a Roman history of the time of the Caesars - Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero - with a cast of new men and newly dominant women, those reviled too often in the past as flatterers and gluttons, uppity slaves and former slaves, lawyers-for-hire, chancer arrivistes and unhinged party animals. Palatine uncovers the lives of the Vitellii, perhaps Rome's least admired imperial clan, of Publius, an old-fashioned soldier snared in the politics of the new age, of Lucius, an exceptionally skilled and sycophantic courtier, and of Aulus a genial sluggard whose prowess at the table carries him all the way to the throne before collapsing his family's reputation for ever. Few now remember them. Yet in their creeping ascent to the very summit of the imperial hierarchy lie neglected truths about a lasting legacy of Rome"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197675403 0197675409 0197555292 9780197555293 9780197555309 0197555306 |