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The Roman emperors : a biographical guide to the rulers of imperial Rome, 31 BC-AD 476

Title
The Roman emperors : a biographical guide to the rulers of imperial Rome, 31 BC-AD 476 / Michael Grant.
Author
Grant, Michael, 1914-2004.
Publication
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985.

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Description
xiii, 367 pages : illustrations, maps;, genealogical tables; 25 cm
Summary
Provides brief descriptions of the careers, characters, and personal lives of the emperors of Rome.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • History
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- List of maps, plans and genealogical tables -- Foreword -- The Julio-Claudian dynasty -- The year of the four emperors: and the Flavian dynasty -- The adoptive and Antonine emperors -- The house of Severus -- The age of crisis -- Military recovery -- The tetrarchy and the house of Constantine -- The house of Valentinian -- The survival of the east and fall of the west -- Key to Latin terms -- Index of Latin and Greek authors -- Index to map and plans (with modern equivalents of place-names).
ISBN
  • 0684183889
  • 9780684183886
LCCN
85008391
OCLC
  • ocm12081130
  • 12081130
  • SCSB-622740
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library