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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0197555284
ISBN-13
9780197555286
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19057244679
Product Key Features
Book Title
Palatine : an Alternative History of the Caesars
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
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Yes
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Philosophy, History
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Hardcover
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0.9 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
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6.4 in
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9.5 in
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2023-286689
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23
Reviews
"This hugely readable novel-like account completes the picture, a Succession for the Julio-Claudian years. S. gets behind the Tacitean and Suetonian stereotypes and brings the Palace itself to life: a great read." -- Classics for All "With vivid prose in short, dynamic chapters, Stothard also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Jewish unrest at the time of Christ and the invasion of Britain, but this extraordinarily well-researched, exciting book is more a tale of increasing wealth and prosperity rather than war, as well as corruption, greed, gluttony and desire.... Once again, Stothard has written a brilliant picture of the vibrant realities of life in the ancient world." -- Daily Mail "This is a story you think you know, told through the eyes of people you don't ... Not so much an alternative history as an alternative epic, farce and satire rolled into one. Palatine is an absorbing saga of battles and banquets, as densely populated and richly depicted as Game of Thrones." -- Rachel Cunliffe, The Times [London] "Let us see how power really worked, in public and private. We glimpse the emperors at work and at play, in the dining room and in the bedroom. And we see how even they, despite the sycophants, were often prisoners, not architects, of the system. One false step and it would all be over.... Stothard tells this story superbly." -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times [London] "This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic "[Stothard] evokes brilliantly the rich strangeness of the world of the imperial court in the first century...Stothard's evocation of [Vitellius'] last hours, in hiding in a glorified dog kennel, his senses overwhelmed by the stench, is one I shan't readily forget." -- Catharine Edwards, Times Literary Supplement "Stothard tells a refreshingly different story almost entirely: the biography of the loutish Vitellii clan... [A] smart, visionary book... No reader of Roman history should miss it, both for the sheer thrill of the reading experience and for the challenges such an approach consistently poses to the wary." -- Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review, "This hugely readable novel-like account completes the picture, a Succession for the Julio-Claudian years. S. gets behind the Tacitean and Suetonian stereotypes and brings the Palace itself to life: a great read." -- Classics for All "With vivid prose in short, dynamic chapters, Stothard also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Jewish unrest at the time of Christ and the invasion of Britain, but this extraordinarily well-researched, exciting book is more a tale of increasing wealth and prosperity rather than war, as well as corruption, greed, gluttony and desire.... Once again, Stothard has written a brilliant picture of the vibrant realities of life in the ancient world." -- Daily Mail "This is a story you think you know, told through the eyes of people you don't ... Not so much an alternative history as an alternative epic, farce and satire rolled into one. Palatine is an absorbing saga of battles and banquets, as densely populated and richly depicted as Game of Thrones." -- Rachel Cunliffe, The Times [London] "Let us see how power really worked, in public and private. We glimpse the emperors at work and at play, in the dining room and in the bedroom. And we see how even they, despite the sycophants, were often prisoners, not architects, of the system. One false step and it would all be over.... Stothard tells this story superbly." -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times [London] "This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic "[Stothard] evokes brilliantly the rich strangeness of the world of the imperial court in the first century...Stothard's evocation of [Vitellius'] last hours, in hiding in a glorified dog kennel, his senses overwhelmed by the stench, is one I shan't readily forget." -- Catharine Edwards, Times Literary Supplement, "This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic, "With vivid prose in short, dynamic chapters, Stothard also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Jewish unrest at the time of Christ and the invasion of Britain, but this extraordinarily well-researched, exciting book is more a tale of increasing wealth and prosperity rather than war, as well as corruption, greed, gluttony and desire.... Once again, Stothard has written a brilliant picture of the vibrant realities of life in the ancient world." -- Daily Mail "This is a story you think you know, told through the eyes of people you don't ... Not so much an alternative history as an alternative epic, farce and satire rolled into one. Palatine is an absorbing saga of battles and banquets, as densely populated and richly depicted as Game of Thrones." -- Rachel Cunliffe, The Times [London] "Let us see how power really worked, in public and private. We glimpse the emperors at work and at play, in the dining room and in the bedroom. And we see how even they, despite the sycophants, were often prisoners, not architects, of the system. One false step and it would all be over.... Stothard tells this story superbly." -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times [London] "This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic, "This hugely readable novel-like account completes the picture, a Succession for the Julio-Claudian years. S. gets behind the Tacitean and Suetonian stereotypes and brings the Palace itself to life: a great read." -- Classics for All"With vivid prose in short, dynamic chapters, Stothard also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Jewish unrest at the time of Christ and the invasion of Britain, but this extraordinarily well-researched, exciting book is more a tale of increasing wealth and prosperity rather than war, as well as corruption, greed, gluttony and desire.... Once again, Stothard has written a brilliant picture of the vibrant realities of life in the ancient world." -- Daily Mail"This is a story you think you know, told through the eyes of people you don't ... Not so much an alternative history as an alternative epic, farce and satire rolled into one. Palatine is an absorbing saga of battles and banquets, as densely populated and richly depicted as Game of Thrones." -- Rachel Cunliffe, The Times [London]"Let us see how power really worked, in public and private. We glimpse the emperors at work and at play, in the dining room and in the bedroom. And we see how even they, despite the sycophants, were often prisoners, not architects, of the system. One false step and it would all be over.... Stothard tells this story superbly." -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times [London]"This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph"Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium"Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic"[Stothard] evokes brilliantly the rich strangeness of the world of the imperial court in the first century...Stothard's evocation of [Vitellius'] last hours, in hiding in a glorified dog kennel, his senses overwhelmed by the stench, is one I shan't readily forget." -- Catharine Edwards, Times Literary Supplement"Stothard tells a refreshingly different story almost entirely: the biography of the loutish Vitellii clan... [A] smart, visionary book... No reader of Roman history should miss it, both for the sheer thrill of the reading experience and for the challenges such an approach consistently poses to the wary." -- Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review, "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic, "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic, "This hugely readable novel-like account completes the picture, a Succession for the Julio-Claudian years. S. gets behind the Tacitean and Suetonian stereotypes and brings the Palace itself to life: a great read." -- Classics for All "With vivid prose in short, dynamic chapters, Stothard also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Jewish unrest at the time of Christ and the invasion of Britain, but this extraordinarily well-researched, exciting book is more a tale of increasing wealth and prosperity rather than war, as well as corruption, greed, gluttony and desire.... Once again, Stothard has written a brilliant picture of the vibrant realities of life in the ancient world." -- Daily Mail "This is a story you think you know, told through the eyes of people you don't ... Not so much an alternative history as an alternative epic, farce and satire rolled into one. Palatine is an absorbing saga of battles and banquets, as densely populated and richly depicted as Game of Thrones." -- Rachel Cunliffe, The Times [London] "Let us see how power really worked, in public and private. We glimpse the emperors at work and at play, in the dining room and in the bedroom. And we see how even they, despite the sycophants, were often prisoners, not architects, of the system. One false step and it would all be over.... Stothard tells this story superbly." -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times [London] "This is a literary work of cultural history--a wonderful example of profound scholarship written with the verve and expertise of an accomplished novelist.... Wonderful, evocative stuff!" -- The Telegraph "Peter Stothard's Palatine gives us alternate Rome, the imperial palace seen from an oblique angle. It's the story of a prominent family that aimed high and fell far. Palatine is clever, learned, sophisticated, witty, and utterly readable." -- Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium "Not since Robert Graves' I Claudius has there been so exciting a book on the world of the early Caesars. Stothard shines a light on the palace insiders trying to get ahead, or just survive, one of whom, Aulus Vitellius, ended up becoming emperor himself. This is a history not only of high-level political intrigue, but flattery and food, with mouth-watering descriptions and sharp epigrams throughout." -- Josiah Osgood, author of Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic
Dewey Decimal
937.06
Table Of Content
Introduction Characters PART ONE 1: In the palace dog-house 2: Mr Glutton and Mr Fool 3: Succession 4: Care for what we eat 5: A wolf by its ears 6: Publius among the fishes 7: Between the Emperor and his heir 8: Flattery and fear 9: Words for a palace PART TWO 10: The fox and the crow 11: Who killed the prince? 12: The only verdict that mattered 13: Tiberius, Tiber and Tibur 14: Hercules the herdsman 15: Care for cucumbers 16: Vitellia's night out 17: Pen and knives 18: The way of the guard captain 19: Water on dust 20: Profits from propinquity 21: Death of the damned 22: Lucius Vitellius and the son of God 23: Goat worship 24: Ill will for the twin 25: Man talks to a Moon 26: Good water, golden meat 27: Torture of an actress 28: Garden ornaments 29: Lucius rules the world 30: Ashes of a swallow 31: Flattery's textbook 32: A bedroom slipper 33: Of unshakable loyalty to his emperor 34: God-given mushrooms 35: Aulus the educator 36: Oedipus and actors 37: Dish of Minerva 38: Blackened tables 39: Food and fire 40: New lamps for old PART THREE 41: Mr Stingy 42: A good job for a glutton 43: Fill me up! 44: A hard man to flatter 45: Brother behind the lines 46: Wine for the battlefield 47: Shield of Minerva 48: Emperor Vitellius 49: No time for a party 50: A drink to defeat 51: In Augustus's temple 52: Out of the dog house 53: New clothes for old Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements
Synopsis
Palatine, the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome, was the heartbeat of Roman imperial power. This book provides a unique and vivid narrative of Rome's first dynasty, as seen through the eyes of one family, the Vitelli, who expertly maneuvered through the Palatine until their luck ran out., A unique and entertaining history of the Roman Empire's first dynasty 14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is about to succeed. The Forum of Rome, once fought over so fiercely, has become hardly more than a museum. The house of all power is up above on the Palatine Hill, about to become the birthplace of Western bureaucracy, a warren of banqueting and bedrooms, a treacherous household where it takes special talents to survive. This is a history of ancient Rome's first imperial dynasty--the Julio-Claudians--with a cast of new men and newly dominant women, those reviled too often in the past as flatterers and gluttons, audacious slaves and former slaves, lawyers-for-hire, chancer arrivistes, and unhinged party animals. Palatine uncovers the lives of the Vitellii, perhaps Rome's least admired imperial clan, of Publius, an old-fashioned soldier snared in the politics of the new age, of Lucius, an exceptionally skilled and sycophantic courtier, and of Aulus a genial sluggard whose prowess at the table carries him all the way to the throne before collapsing his family's reputation forever. Few now remember them. Yet in their creeping ascent to the very summit of the imperial hierarchy lie neglected truths about a lasting legacy of Rome.
LC Classification Number
DG278.S76 2023
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