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Sidebottom Harry - The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus And The Decadence Of Rome - Hardcover
Sidebottom Harry - The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus And The Decadence Of Rome - Hardcover
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Description: 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. What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. Buy the book; it's very entertaining. David Aaronovitch The Times On 8 June 218 AD 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 four years were to be the strangest in the history of the empire. Heliogabalus humiliated the prestigious Senators and threw extravagant dinner parties for lower - class friends. He ousted Jupiter from his summit among the gods and replaced him with Elagabal. He married a Vestal Virgin twice. Rumours abounded that he was a prostitute. In the first biography of Heliogabalus in over half a century Harry Sidebottom unveils the high drama of sex religion power and culture in Ancient Rome as we ve never seen it before. ***** A Financial Times BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year Combining the pace of a novelist the training of a scholar and the instincts of a true historian this is a wonderful exploration of the Roman world under its strangest emperor. Adrian Goldsworthy author of Pax Romana The decadence debauchery and sexual promiscuity that marked the adolescent's time on the imperial throne make for a rollicking read. Daily Mail Ancient history was never less dry than in Harry Sidebottom's superbly entertaining and always scholarly account of the reign of Heliogabalus There is something for every reader: sex politics scandals and a compelling portrait of imperial society and culture. Financial Times
Title: The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus And The Decadence Of Rome
Author(s): Sidebottom Harry
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861542536
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Category: Social & Cultural History
Description: 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. What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. Buy the book; it's very entertaining. David Aaronovitch The Times On 8 June 218 AD 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 four years were to be the strangest in the history of the empire. Heliogabalus humiliated the prestigious Senators and threw extravagant dinner parties for lower - class friends. He ousted Jupiter from his summit among the gods and replaced him with Elagabal. He married a Vestal Virgin twice. Rumours abounded that he was a prostitute. In the first biography of Heliogabalus in over half a century Harry Sidebottom unveils the high drama of sex religion power and culture in Ancient Rome as we ve never seen it before. ***** A Financial Times BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year Combining the pace of a novelist the training of a scholar and the instincts of a true historian this is a wonderful exploration of the Roman world under its strangest emperor. Adrian Goldsworthy author of Pax Romana The decadence debauchery and sexual promiscuity that marked the adolescent's time on the imperial throne make for a rollicking read. Daily Mail Ancient history was never less dry than in Harry Sidebottom's superbly entertaining and always scholarly account of the reign of Heliogabalus There is something for every reader: sex politics scandals and a compelling portrait of imperial society and culture. Financial Times
Title: The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus And The Decadence Of Rome
Author(s): Sidebottom Harry
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861542536
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Category: Social & Cultural History
