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The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.
Amazon names Ten Caesars one of best books of 2019
The grandeur and the decadence, the cunning and the brutality, the surprising prominence of imperial women in a man’s world, and the practical wisdom that allowed Rome to maintain its rule over millions for centuries before finally losing its grip in the West: it’s all there in one book. Ten Caesars – now one of Amazon’s choices for best books …
The Lavish Roman Banquet: A Calculated Display of Debauchery and Power
I enjoyed talking with Nina Martyris of NPR about how Imperial Rome partied.
TEN CAESARS Special Guest Episode on History of Ancient Greece Podcast
I had a great time talking with Ryan about my book and I enjoyed our lively conversation.
“Ambition, Cunning, and Cruelty”: TEN CAESARS Book Review
“Much of ‘Ten Caesars’ reads like a script for ‘Game of Thrones’….This superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today.” Andrew Roberts, biographer of Churchill and Napoleon, in the Wall Street Journal.
TEN CAESARS Offers Lessons from History’s Greatest Leaders
Stepping into the shoes of a god wasn’t easy! So we learn in a new book that traces the biographies of 10 of the men who succeeded Julius Caesar, deified by the Roman Senate. Read the article in Cornell Chronicle here.
5 Things You Should Know About Roman Emperors
Watch this teaser for my forthcoming new book TEN CAESARS: ROMAN EMPERORS FOR AUGUSTUS TO CONSTANTINE.