Robin Seager (The University of Liverpool)

Broschiertes Buch

Tiberius

Beschreibung

Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.

Autor

Robin Seager is Reader in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Pompey: A Political Biography (1979), Ammianus Marcellinus: Seven Studies in His Language and Thought (1986) and Pompey the Great (Blackwell, 2002).

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Ancient Lives
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781405115292
• ISBN-10: 1405115297
• Artikelnr.: 21177551

Rezensionen

"This second edition is a welcome revision of the excellent Tiberius ... The book has much to commend it ... Undergraduates will find it an excellent resource, and one not beyond sixth-form students." Journal of Classics Teaching