Chris Scarre, “Chronicle of the Roman Emperors”
This is sort of a slightly undersized coffee-table book (lots of white space, sidebars, illustrations), but the author is a real academic. Anyway, here’s a thought: After reading about these bloodthirsty, sex-crazed tyrants, it occurs to me that perhaps all that would have given Christianity some reactive appeal. (Also, it should caution us Westerners from … [Read more…]