Emperor of Rome

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In <i>SPQR</i>, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). <i>Emperor of Rome</i> is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: it goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman.

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