Bücher der Reihe Roman Imperial Biographies

Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero.

Originally published: London: B.T. Batsford, 1966.

Biography of the elderly Roman emperor Nerva, whose short reign stabilised the empire after the death of the tyrant Domitian. This book describes the crisis that preceded Nerva's accession as well as his achievement.

This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war through to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion.

Offers an account of Julius Caesar's life and times, and an imaginative recounting of actions and events, providing the ideal introduction to Caesar for general readers and students of classics and ancient history. This book also explains the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing system, in which Caesar played a crucial part.

A study of the emperor Galerius, presenting how he interacted with his co-emperor the great Diocletian and how their policies were developed. It argues that Diocletian's apparent reforms to the imerial office, with the invention of what is commonly called a 'tetrarchy', are inventions of modern historiography.

A biography of the emperor who contributed more to the recovery of the Roman Empire than any other individual of his time.

Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography.

This biography draws together inscriptional and literary evidence, as well as academic research, in order to examine the reign and politics of the emperor Hadrian. In examining both his private and public life, it touches on his building programme, the Jewish war and his personal relationships.

This biography looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor.

In this, the only biography of Trajan available in English, Julian Bennett tests Trajan's reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues.

The authors examine the emperor and his character and the state of the Roman empire, putting his reign in the context of the troubled times.

Diocletian and the Roman Recovery is both a portrait of one of Rome's greatest and most original rulers, and a political study in the emergence of Absolutism.

A welcome reissue of Kenneth Wellesley's classic study, this is the only book to tackle this crucial period in detail and will appeal to scholars, students and the general reader alike.

Barrett argues that Agrippina - mother of Nero, wife of Claudius and brother to Caligula - has been misunderstood and had much influence and power in her own right.

A readable and absorbing account of the great Emperor Justinian detailing the social structure of sixth-century Byzantium and Justinian's wars which restored Italy, Africa and part of Spain to the Empire.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.

Drawing on over a quarter of a century of the author's research and experience, this book focuses on the man and his life for scholars, students, and those interested in Roman imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine imperial history. It is illustrated with ninety-two photographs and eight maps.