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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom
$42.99 AUD
Category: history
On 8 June AD218 a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next four years were to be the strangest i ...Show more
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom
$22.99 AUD
Category: history
What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times A Financial Times, BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-yea ...Show more
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