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Loading... Imperial Exits: Being an Account of the Varied and Violent Deaths of the Roman Emperorsby Julius Cicatrix, Martin Rowson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Every job has it's disadvantages - even supreme ruler of one of the largest empires in ancient history. In this little book, Julius Cicatrix (not his/her real name) uses contemporary sources to describe, in gory detail, the demise of 32 Roman Emperors and 1 dictator (Julius). And what a variety of methods used. From the subtle - coating fruit on a tree with poison (Augustus) - to the embarassing - stabbed by your bodyguard whilst attending to a call of nature (Caracalla) - to the bizzare - packed in ice to reduce a fever (Titus) and the downright disgusting - consumed by worms (Galerius). If the descriptions of these deaths don't bring a vivid image to your mind, you are assisted by Martin Rowson's detailed cartoons (although, if you are even slightly squeamish, I'd avoid the pages devoted to Maximin Daia altogether). Having said all that, this is a very amusing book written with appropriately dark humour. Rowson's cartoons are caricatured to make the scene more absurd than disgusting, but there are exceptions. no reviews | add a review
This book takes a satirical view of the untimely ends of some of the great names of Imperial Rome through the words Julius Cicatrix and the scatological sketches of Martin Rowson. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)937.06History and Geography Ancient World Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Empire 31 B.C.-476 A.D.LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Written in a 'horrible histories' sort of way and accompanied by drawings to match this is great fun in a macabre way. ( )