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The mad emperor : Heliogabalus and the decadence of Rome

text The mad emperor : Heliogabalus and the decadence of Rome

Summary
"What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all. On 8 June AD218 a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil wa... Read more
Contents
The revolt: Syria, May AD218 -- The backstories: Rome and Emesa, 753BC to AD218 -- The battle: Syria, May to June AD218 -- Identities and racism -- The journey: The east, summer to winter AD218 -- Power -- In Rome, AD219-21 -- Religion -- In the p... Read more
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xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Publisher
Oneworld 2022

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