Dangerous days in the roman empire
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From the internationally bestselling author of Horrible Histories, the first volume in a new series for adults.
DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and sharp wit, and among adults for engaging children (and themselves) with history.
The Romans have long been held up as one of the first 'civilised' societies, and yet in fact they were capable of immense cruelty. Not only that, but they made the killing of humans into a sport. The spoiled emperors were the perpetrators (and sometimes the victims) of some imaginative murders. DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE will include some of the violent ways to visit the Elysian Fields (i.e. death) including: animal attack in the Coliseum; being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock - 370 deserters in 214 AD alone (or if the emperor didn't like your poetry); by volcanic eruption from Vesuvius; by kicking (Nero's fatal quarrel with the Empress Poppea); from poison mushrooms (Claudius); by great fires; torturous tarring; flogging to death; boiling lead (the invention of 'kind' Emperor Constantine); or being skinned alive by invading barbarians.
DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE looks at the back-story leading up to the victims' deaths, and in doing so gives the general reader a concise history of a frequently misunderstood era.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 mei 2014
Aantal pagina's: 266
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Terry Deary
Hoofduitgeverij: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 18 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 130 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 257 g
EAN: 9781780226354