Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables viii
4. Preface ix
5. I The emperor on the mall: an introduction 1
6. II Who’s who in the twelve Caesars 43
7. III Coins and portraits, ancient and modern 78
8. IV The twelve Caesars, more or less 118
9. V The most famous Caesars of them all 151
10. VI Satire, subversion and assassination 188
11. VII Caesar’s wife . . . above suspicion? 235
12. VIII Afterword 274
13. Acknowledgements 287
14. Appendix The Verses underneath Sadeler’s Series of Emperors and Empresses 289
15. Notes 303
16. Bibliography 335
17. Illustrations 358
18. Index 368