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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Fik Meijer |
| ISBN: | 0415312019 9780415312011 0415312027 9780415312028 |
| OCLC Number: | 53253233 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Dutch. |
| Description: | viii, 183 p. : ill., maps, geneal. tables ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Julio-Claudian emperors -- 2. The year of the four emperors -- 3. The Flavian emperors -- 4. The Antonine emperors -- 5. The African and Syrian emperors -- 6. The soldier emperors -- 7. Diocletian and the tetrarchy -- 8. Constantine and the struggle for power -- 9. The dynasty of Constantine -- 10. The late fourth century -- 11. The divided empire -- 12. The end of antiquity. |
| Other Titles: | Keizers sterven niet in bed. |
| Responsibility: | Fik Meijer ; translated by S.J. Leinbach. |
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Abstract:
A lively general introduction to the Roman Emperors, from Julius Ceasar (44BC) to Romulus Augustulus (476 AD), the last western Emperor. Focusses on their unusual deaths, and what their final days can tell us about their lives.
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'Fik Meijer's book is very handy as a repetition course for everybody interested in the history and fate of the Roman emperors.' -- Arctos
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