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THE EMPERORS OF ROME
THE STORY OF IMPERIAL ROME FROM JULIUS
CAESAR TO THE LAST EMPEROR
DAVID POTTER
First published as an illustrated edition in Great Britain in 2007 by Quercus
This updated ebook edition published in 2013 by
Quercus Editions Ltd
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Seventh Floor, South Block
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Copyright © 2007, 2013 David Potter
The moral right of David Potter to be identified as the author of this work has
been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy,
recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publisher.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Ebook ISBN 978 1 78087 336 7
Print ISBN 978 1 78087 750 1
You can find this and many other great books at:
www.quercusbooks.co.uk
David Potter is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman
History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin, in the Department
of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The
Victor’s Crown, also published by Quercus.
Contents
Prologue
Being Caesar
ONE
Great Caesar’s Ghost
A Succession of Strong Men
Rome from Gaius Marius to Caesar 107–44
BC
A Time of Turmoil
Octavian and Antony 44–30
BC
Foundations of the Empire
The House of Augustus 29
BC
–
AD
Eccentric Stability
Emperors from Tiberius to Nero
AD
14–68
TWO
Caesars and Their Subjects
New Dynasties
From the Flavians to the Antonines
AD
68–180
Running the Empire
Emperors and Administrators
AD
68–180
Civic Pride
Caesars and Their Cities
AD
68–180
The Imperial Melting Pot
Roman Culture
AD
68–180

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