Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

In this dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty, Tom Holland traces the astonishing century-long story of the rise and fall of the Julio-Claudians—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Capturing both the brilliant allure of their rule and the blood-steeped shadows cast by their crimes, Dynasty travels from the great capital rebuilt in marble to the dank and barbarian forests of Germany.  Populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and Druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators, it vividly recreates the world of Rome after Julius Caesar. A tale of rule and ruination, Dynasty is the story of a family that transformed and stupefied the western world and that continues to cast a mesmerizing spell across the millennia.

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• Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
• In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
• The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
• Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
• Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
• Caesar: Life of a Colossus
• Athelstan: The Making of England (Penguin Monarchs)
• Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World