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020			_a9781451668834 (hardback)
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100	1		_aStrauss, Barry S.,
245	1	0	_aTen Caesars : _bRoman emperors from Augustus to Constantine / _cBarry Strauss.
263			_a1903
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2019.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. Barry Strauss's Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and gradually emperors came not from the old families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. In the imperial era Roman women--mothers, wives, mistresses--had substantial influence over the emperors, and Strauss also profiles the most important among them, from Livia, Augustus's wife, to Helena, Constantine's mother. But even women in the imperial family faced limits and the emperors often forced them to marry or divorce for purely political reasons. Rome's legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business--the government of an empire--by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is essential history as well as fascinating biography"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Best-selling historian and classicist Barry Strauss tells the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten of its most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aEmperors _zRome _vBiography.
651		0	_aRome _xHistory _yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Ancient / Rome. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Europe / Western. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. _2bisacsh
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