The complete Roman emperor : imperial life at court and on campaign

Sommer, Michael 1970- (Author).

Summary: Covers every facet of the Roman Emperor and his world--including a day in the life of the emperor, the emperor at war, and the history of this intriguing position of power--in a book that includes two hundred color and black-and-white illustrations, information boxes, and biographies of all eighty-five Roman emperors.

Record details

ISBN: 9780500251676 (trade)
ISBN: 0500251673 (trade)
Physical Description: print
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : imperial lives -- The story of an empire -- Augustus and the transition to empire -- Becoming emperor -- Being emperor -- Emperors on campaign -- Rome and Constantinople -- Decline and fall in the West.