LITTLE BOOK OF ROMAN EMPERORS (HB)

The Caesars were no ordinary rulers. They were ambitious, cunning, ruthless and cruel. Some managed honourable ends in battle, but most were darkly murdered by rivals or, often, members of their own family. In this book, meet the philosopher Marcus Aurelius musing in his favourite villa on the Danube; the wretched Valerian, used as a mounting block for the King of Persia before being flayed alive; Thrax, the seven-foot giant; Elegalabus, the sun-worshipping transgender Emperor – and many more.