Emperor of Rome
Subtitle: Ruling the Ancient World
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 2023
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780871404220
Copyright date: 2023
First sentence: Elagabalus was a Syrian teenager who was emperor of Rome from 218 CE until his assassination in 222 — and a memorably extravagant, inventive and occasionally sadistic party host.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: v; title: The Main Characters
pagenum: vii; title: Maps
pagenum: x; title: Welcome
pagenum: xv; title: Prologue: Dinner with Elagabalus
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: One-Man Rule: The Basics
pagenum: 24; label: 2
title: Who’s Next?  The Art of Succession
pagenum: 57; label: 3
title: Power Dining
pagenum: 83; label: 4
title: What’s in a Palace?
pagenum: 122; label: 5
title: Palace People:  The Emperor in his Court
pagenum: 171; label: 6
title: On the Job
pagenum: 216; label: 7
title: Time Off?
pagenum: 253; label: 8
title: Emperors Abroad
pagenum: 288; label: 9
title: Face to Face
pagenum: 325; label: 10
title: ‘I think I Am Becoming a God’
pagenum: 370; title: Epilogue: The End of an Era
pagenum: 398; title: What’s in a Name
pagenum: 409; title: Further Reading and Places to Visit
pagenum: 412; title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: 459; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 473; title: Index
pagenum: 475