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How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
9780691193991, 9780691200941, 0691193991

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Table of contents :
Introduction --
Ignore bad omens, and your wife: Julius Caesar --
Spend all your time at your resort: Tiberius --
Make your horse a consul: Caligula --
Fiddle while Rome burns: Nero.

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