The Caesars

by Thomas De Quincey

Overview

The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivalled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many - if we except the cities of Greece, none at all - in the grandeur of architectural display...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163119103
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/19/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Thomas de Quincey was an English author and intellectual, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).