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The best-selling author of The Fires of Vesuvius presents a comprehensive history of the social and political world of the Roman emperors including Julius Caesar, Nero, Alexander Severus, Caligula, and Marcus Aurelius.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beard, Mary, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton Company, 2023.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Emperors > Rome > History. Rome > Politics and government > 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Rome > Social life and customs.
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Summary:	The best-selling author of The Fires of Vesuvius presents a comprehensive history of the social and political world of the Roman emperors including Julius Caesar, Nero, Alexander Severus, Caligula, and Marcus Aurelius.
Physical Description:	xvii, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-457) and index.
ISBN:	9780871404220 0871404222
Author Notes:	Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius and the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated Confronting the Classics and SPQR . A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books . She lives in England.