The 12 Sketchy Caesars Who Became Role Models for Dictators

A new book by the peerless classical scholar Mary Beard looks hard at the hold these Roman emperors still exert on our ideas and images of political power.

James Romm

Published Nov. 13 2021 12:24AM EST 

James Romm

romm@bard.edu

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