The Roman Emperors
A Biographical Dictionary of Rule and Misrule
$66.51
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2025
Summary
A biographical dictionary of Roman emperors from Caesar’s seizure of power in 49 BC to AD 602. This work lists emperors alphabetically, providing detailed biographies and references for each. It covers the constitutional evolution of the empire, from the hesitant emergence of monarchy under Augustus to the increasingly fractured politics that followed. The text explores the rarity and often disastrous outcomes of hereditary succession in Rome, contrasting it with the more standardized, though…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398126251 |
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| ISBN-10: | 139812625X |
| Author: | Maxwell Craven |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 604g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 243mm x 168mm |
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About The Author
Maxwell Craven
Maxwell Craven has written extensively on architecture and antiques for the Georgian Group Journal, Country Life, and various local magazines. Whilst he has written extensively on the history of Derby and Derbyshire, on architecture and on the Midlands Enlightenment, his real love is for Roman history and post-Roman Britain. His most recent book is ‘Magnus Maximus, a Neglected Roman Emperor and his British Legacy’ and he has written a comprehensive guide to the Saxon Shore forts of Britain. He is a former chairman of Derby Conservation Area Advisory Committee, a member of Derby Cathedral FAC, a Trustee of Derby Bridge Chapel and the Derby Museums Trust, was Derby Museum Assistant Keeper of Archaeology and from 1982 Keeper of Antiquities. He was awarded an honorary DLitt.by the University of Derby; he was made MBE and elected FSA in 1999.
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