Emperor of Rome

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1. pm3003Dec 2025
   - Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard, very entertaining.

   - Lolita, it's mostly what you've read about it.

   - a few short stories by Heinrich von Kleist.

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2. diego_moitaJun 2024
   I already read SPQR, by Mary Beard, on the history of Rome's kingdom, Republic and early empire.

   I liked it so much that now I am in the middle of Emperor of Rome.

   Does anyone here have any good recommendations on Rome's history?

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3. diego_moitaMay 2024
   Currently reading "Emperor of Rome" by Mary Beard where she argues that these parties are probably very exaggerated.

   She argues that in the majority of unearthed royal palaces, the kitchens were very small and wouldn't allow to cook such complicated parties.

   Besides, she argues, most stories of such big parties were written by sycophants needing royal approval, people anxious to show the importance they didn't have or political enemies with an interest in badmouthing previous emperors (mostly for Nero, Caligula and Elagabalus).

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