All About History - Roman Emperors - July 2019

All About History: Roman Emperors - July 2019

English | 134 pages | PDF | 147 MB



The fighting had stopped. Years of civil war, death and betrayal had ended, and one man emerged victorious from the fray. The adopted son of the once-great Julius Caesar was bestowed the title of Augustus by the Senate, and he ushered in a new era of rule: the Roman Empire.

In All About History Roman Emperors, it's time to meet the people who were charged with leading one of the greatest civilisations of the ancient world. Uncover the depraved reigns of Caligula and Nero, go on a Christian crusade with Constantine, and meet the rulers of the East who kept the Roman Empire alive for over 1,000 years. So untangle the family trees, prepare for brutual assassinations and bloody coups, and decide for yourself who really was the greatest emperor of Ancient Rome.



CONTENTS

8 THE DYNASTIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

1ST CENTURY

14 AUGUSTUS

18 TIBERIUS

20 CALIGULA

24 CLAUDIUS

28 NERO

34 YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS

36 THE FLAVIANS

2ND CENTURY

42 TRAJAN

44 HADRIAN

46 ANTON IN US PIUS

48 MARCUS AURELIUS

54 COMMODUS

58 YEAR OF THE FIVE EMPERORS

3RD CENTURY

64 THE SEVERANS

66 THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY

72 DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIM IAN

76 THE TETRARCHY

4TH CENTURY

82 CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

86 CONSTANTINE'S DYNASTY

94 THE VALENTINIANS

96 THE THEODOSIANS

5TH CENTURY

104 THE LAST DAYS OF THE WEST

110 THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

116 BLOODY BYZANTINE EMPERORS

118 THE ROMAN EMPIRE'S LAST STAND

124 WHAT IF ROME NEVER FELL?