{"product_id":"9780691139241","title":"Tiberius and His Age","description":"Author: Edward Champlin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691139241\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome's second emperor, Tiberius (42 BCE-CE 37), has traditionally been seen as a villainous hypocrite  treacherous, grasping, vindictive, and depraved. But in \u003ci\u003eTiberius and His Age\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Champlin draws on vast and diverse evidence to show that Tiberius was  and was seen by contemporaries to be  recognisably human and far more complex than the monster of the hostile tradition that began with Tacitus and Suetonius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the overlapping themes of luxury, sex, power, and, especially, myth, \u003ci\u003eTiberius and His Age\u003c\/i\u003e examines Tiberius's standing as a folkloric figure in the Roman popular imagination and his conscious use of mythological themes to consolidate his power. It argues that the striking stories of Tiberius's sexual depravity, which literary sources passed on to later generations, are ultimately incoherent fictions, the work of a brilliant fantasist who hated the emperor. The book's portraits of three important figures in Tiberius's circle  the gourmands Asellius Sabinus and Marcus Apicius and the emperor's lieutenant, Sejanus  provide new perspectives on the emperor and his age. Tiberius's passions for astrology, gastronomy, and mythology, which have often been seen as eccentric scholarly diversions, are revealed instead to be central to contemporary Roman debates and keys to understanding his personality, his power, and the lasting image of Roman emperors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncisive, witty, and original, \u003ci\u003eTiberius and His Age\u003c\/i\u003e presents a startlingly new picture of Tiberius and the culture and politics of the early Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798826832030,"sku":"ADS-9780691139241","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691139241.jpg?v=1778120417","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691139241","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}