Blood Mingled with Wine: The Life of the Emperor Heliogabalus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781790120970)

The Emperor Heliogabalus was described by old historians as the most despicable and depraved of all Emperors, worse even than Nero or Caligula. Nigel Barnes ('A Dream Within A Dream: The Life Of Edgar Allan Poe', Peter Owen) has described the psychology of this enigmatic ruler and, having stripped away the ancient prejudices of the times, produced a biography of the Emperor for the twenty-first century. The clashes between his sexual orientation and new religion with the narrower mores of ancient Rome led to a period described by one historian as 'blood mingled with wine'.

Author: Nigel Barnes
ISBN-10: 1790120977
ISBN-13: 9781790120970
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2018
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d