Meijer Fik: Carevi ne umiru u postelji

Name: Carevi ne umiru u postelji
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Author: Meijer Fik

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Author: Meijer Fik
Publisher: Tim press
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Condition: Odlično
Code: 72089

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Carevi ne umiru u postelji

Meijer Fik

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Fik Meijer: Emperors do not die in bed

From Caesar to Romulus Augustulus in 44 BC. - 476 AD

There are only a few rulers in history who ruled a larger area than the Roman emperors. Based on ancient sources, Fik Meijer describes the last days of the Roman emperors, from the dictator Caesar to the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus. The book Emperors do not die and lie down - from Caesar to Romulus Augustulus shows us not only the ways in which they were killed, but also what happened in the last few days of their lives. It is striking that out of the 87 official emperors and many claimants to the throne, only a few died in bed.

Fic Meijer shows what happened in the last days of the life of the murdered emperors. Some, including Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus, chose to face death firmly, resigned to the transience of existence, but there were some who refused to believe that their deaths were a direct result of their disastrous reign. Emperors such as Nero and Heliogabalus thought they were gods, but most Romans thought otherwise. Mad Caligula was killed after going to the theater, and Caracalla while defecating. Some emperors' deaths are even more cruel: Caesar was stabbed twenty-three times, Otto was dragged through the Tiber, hooked on meat hooks. No matter how great the power of the emperors was, danger was always present. The main thread in the book is the surprising ambitions to become emperor, despite all the brutalities. There were always new candidates who harbored the hope that they could succeed in what their predecessors had not: survive on the throne. This book tells how only a few of them succeeded. It also offers a clear order of government in the Roman Empire and vivid descriptions of the intrigue and drama of Roman imperial politics.

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