Palatine an alternative history of the Caesars Stothard, Peter creator author. text bibliography biography Electronic books. History enk 2023 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) : illustrations, map "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. In the palace doghouse -- Mr Glutton and Mr Fool -- Succession -- Care for what we eat -- A wolf by its ears -- Publius among the fishes -- Between the emperor and his heir -- Flattery and feat -- Words for a palace -- The fox and the crow -- Who killed the prince? -- The only verdict that mattered -- Tiberius, Tiber and Tibur -- Hercules the herdsman -- Care for cucumbers -- Vitellia's night out -- Pen and knives -- The way of the guard captain -- Water on dust -- Profits from propinquity -- Death of the damned -- Lucius Vitellius and the son of god -- Goat worship -- Ill will for the twin -- Man talks to a moon -- Good water, golden meant -- Torture of an actress -- Garden ornaments -- Lucius rules the world -- Ashes of a swallow -- Flattery's textbook -- A bedroom slipper -- Of unshakable loyalty to his emperor -- God-given mushrooms -- Aulus the educator -- Oedipus and actors -- Dish of Minerva -- Blackened tables -- Food and fire -- Tutor in vice -- Mr Stingy -- A good job for a glutton -- Fill me up! -- A hard man to flatter -- Brother behind the lines -- Wine for the battlefield -- The shield of Minerva -- Emperor Vitellius -- No time for a party -- A drink to defeat -- In Augustus's temple -- Out of the doghouse -- New courts for old. Peter Stothard. Includes bibliographical references and index. e------ aw----- ff----- Rome History Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D Rome History Vitellius, 69 Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D Rome Histoire 30 av. J.-C.-68 (Julio-Claudiens) Rome Histoire 69 (Aulus Vitellius) Rome Histoire 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire) Ancient HISTORY Rome Rome (Empire) Biography & non-fiction prose Biography 30 B.C.-68 A.D. fast DG278 .S76 2023 937/.06 Palatine Stothard, Peter. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] (DLC) 2023286689 (OCoLC)1380791894 9780197675403 0197675409 0197555292 9780197555293 9780197555286 0197555284 9781474621014 9780197555309 0197555306 aodkw1z9 cloudLibrary http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/45850 YDX 221130 20260318164924.4 in00005697692 eng