This is an auction for THE EMPERORS OF ROME by David Potter.

Amazon.com reviews:

"THE EMPERORS OF ROME charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most notorious of the emperors, from the autocratic Augustus to the feeble Claudius, the vicious Nero to the beneficent Marcus Aurelius, through to the maniac Commodus and beyond. Interwoven with these are vivid descriptions of sports and art, political intrigues and historic events. In this entertaining and erudite work, classical scholar David Potter brings Imperial Rome, and the lives of the men who ruled it, to vivid life."

"It is a shame that so few academic histories are as well written as this book. Although it is difficult to encompass all of Imperial Rome in one volume, David Potter succeeds as well as any author ever has. The book reads like a novel. You get to know the characters that made, maintained and lost the greatest empire ever. You understand their motivations and their challenges: personal, institutional, and religious. After reading the book, you will surprise yourself when you encounter a situation in your own life and find you remember these circumstances, the solutions tried and found wanting by Rome, and most important what worked. It is in these explanations that Potter excels. It was not that Rome did not know how to continue as a great empire - her leaders chose not to, and the people of Rome let them."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Potter is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.

Paperback 2013.

328 pages.

Very good condition.

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