emperor of rome

Jonathan and his friends are called to Rome by the emperor in the winter of 80 A.D. to find the new Prometheus believed to have brought an epidemic to the city, but Jonathan, obsessed with reuniting his parents, makes some unwise--and life-threatening--choices.

The first of Robert Graves's two-part account of the life of Roman Emperor Tiberius Claudius, written in the form of Claudius's autobiography, covering the years from his early childhood through his election as Emperor in 41 A.D.

Flavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the Golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks.

Selene, the daughter of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, is taken with her twin Alexander and younger brother Ptolemy to Rome following the deaths of her parents where she grows up in the household of Octavia, the wife Antony abandoned for Cleopatra, and adjusts to life in the midst of political intrigue.

A biography of Constantine the Great, who was the first emperor of Rome to become a Christian, and who made Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) the capital of his empire, a move some historians consider the beginnings of Byzantine history.

A biography of the first Roman emperor, under whom Rome achieved great glory.

Describes the politics, culture, religion, and society of Rome during the reign of the Emperor Augustus.

Surveys the life and legacy of the first Christian Roman emperor, describing the vision that inspired his religious conversion and subsequent conquest of the imperial capital, his founding of Constantinople, and his role in promoting a unified Christian Europe.

Presents a profile of the enigmatic Roman emperor, placings his formative years against a backdrop of first-century events and chronicling his successful efforts to end a century of disorder and warfare in the Empire.