Chronicle of the Roman Emperors The

These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.

Preface: Imperial Lives

6

(2)

Introduction: The Background to Empire

8

(4)

The Principal Textual Sources

12

(1)

A Guide to Imperial Titles

13

(1)

The First Emperors 31 BC--AD 96

14

(70)

Special Features

Monuments of a Dynasty

22

(24)

Claudius the Builder

46

(6)

Nero's Golden House

52

(18)

The Colosseum

70

(8)

The New Palace

78

(6)

The High Point of Empire AD 96--235

84

(74)

Special Features

Trajan's Column

92

(10)

Hadrian's Buildings

102

(34)

Severus the Builder

136

(4)

The Baths of Caracalla

140

(18)

Crisis and Renewal AD 235--337

158

(64)

Special Features

The Gallic Empire

176

(4)

Palmyra

180

(24)

Buildings of the New Empire

204

(15)

Constantine and Rome

219

(3)

The Last Emperors AD 337--476

222

(11)

Select Bibliography

233

(2)

Illustration and Text Credits

235

(1)

Index

236

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Chronicle of the Roman Emperors The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome

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