Chronicle of the Roman Emperors The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome

by Scarre, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780500050774
• ISBN10: 0500050775
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-10-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.

Table of Contents

Preface: Imperial Lives	6	(2)
Introduction: The Background to Empire	8	(4)
The Principal Textual Sources	12	(1)
A Guide to Imperial Titles	13	(1)
The First Emperors 31 BC--AD 96	14	(70)
Special Features
Monuments of a Dynasty	22	(24)
Claudius the Builder	46	(6)
Nero's Golden House	52	(18)
The Colosseum	70	(8)
The New Palace	78	(6)
The High Point of Empire AD 96--235	84	(74)
Special Features
Trajan's Column	92	(10)
Hadrian's Buildings	102	(34)
Severus the Builder	136	(4)
The Baths of Caracalla	140	(18)
Crisis and Renewal AD 235--337	158	(64)
Special Features
The Gallic Empire	176	(4)
Palmyra	180	(24)
Buildings of the New Empire	204	(15)
Constantine and Rome	219	(3)
The Last Emperors AD 337--476	222	(11)
Select Bibliography	233	(2)
Illustration and Text Credits	235	(1)
Index	236