Emperador de Roma

Control freaks, workaholics or spoiled teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In SPQR, Mary Beard recounted the millennia-long history of ancient Rome. In this new book she focuses her attention on the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire to give us a nuanced and more accurate version of these glorified classical figures. From Julius Caesar (killed in 44 BC) to Alexander Severus (killed in 235 AD), passing through the mad Caligula, the monstrous Nero and the philosopher Marcus Aurelius, Mary Beard traces the lives and myths of the great Roman rulers and it raises big questions: what real power did the emperors hold? Who pulled the strings behind the scenes? How was such a vast empire governed? Were the palace walls really so stained with blood? To give us an answer and bring us a little closer to imperial reality, Mary Beard follows the emperor's footsteps closely: at home and on the races, on his travels and even on the way to heaven; She introduces us to his wives and lovers, to his rivals and slaves, to the court jesters and soldiers, and to the common people who gave him letters of supplication. Emperor of Rome takes us straight to the heart of Rome, and our fantasies about what it was like to be Roman, through a story like never before told.