Palatine an alternative history of the Caesars / Peter Stothard.

Author/creator Stothard, Peter
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxvii, 314 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023286689
ISBN9780197555286 (print)