- ancient Rome, Roman emperors
Characterizes the life of a Roman emperor via the examples given by Julius Caesar (48 BCE) through Alexander Severus (235 CE).
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Cool, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Beard
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 493
- Publisher
- Profile Books Limited, Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781631494109
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“Elagabalus was a Syrian teenager who was emperor of Rome from 218 CE until his assassination in 222 — and a memorably extravagant, inventive and occasionally sadistic party host.”
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