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Africa Mauretania (Kingdom) Emperor of Rome Elagabalus 204-222 Emperors Rome Biography Families II, King of Mauretania Juba approximately 50 B.C.-approximately 24 A.D Kings and rulers Queen, consort of Juba II, King of Mauretania Cleopatra 40 B.C.- Rome (Empire) Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D Rome Kings and rulers BiographySidebottom, Harry
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 war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 SIDFreisenbruch, Annelise
Summary: Documents the stories of eight wives of Roman rulers, assessing their historical contributions and cultural influence and drawing parallels between modern first ladies and the lives of such ancient-world figures as Livia, Helena, and Julia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.06 FREGoldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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Summary: "In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BEADraycott, Jane (Jane Louise)
Summary: "The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly hair and sporting an elephant-scalp headdress. For decades, theories circulated about her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023