Palatine an alternative history of the Caesars / Peter Stothard.
| Author/creator | Stothard, Peter |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xvii, 314 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Alternative history of the Caesars |
| Contents | In the palace doghouse -- Mr Glutton and Mr Fool -- Succession -- Care for what we eat -- A wolf by its ears -- Publius among the fishes -- Between the emperor and his heir -- Flattery and fear -- Words for a palace -- The fox and the crow -- Who killed the prince? -- The only verdict that mattered -- Tiberius, Tiber and Tibur -- Hercules the herdsman -- Care for cucumbers -- Vitellia's night out -- Pen and knives -- The way of the guard captain -- Water on dust -- Profits from propinquity -- Death of the damned -- Lucius Vitellius and the Son of God -- Goat worship -- Ill will for the twin -- Man talks to a moon -- Good water, golden meat -- Torture of an actress -- Garden ornaments -- Lucius rules the world -- Ashes of a swallow -- Flattery's textbook -- A bedroom slipper -- Of unshakable loyalty to his emperor -- God-given mushrooms -- Aulus the educator -- Oedipus and actors -- Dish of Minerva -- Blackened tables -- Food and fire -- Tutor in vice -- Mr Stingy -- A good job for a glutton -- Fill me up! -- A hard man to flatter -- Brother behind the lines -- Wine for the battlefield -- The shield of Minerva -- Emperor Vitellius -- No time for a party -- A drink to defeat -- In Augustus's temple -- Out of the doghouse -- New courts for old. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023286689 |
| ISBN | 9780197555286 (print) |