Royal Mysteries of the Ancient World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781036123840)

Rulers of the Ancient World shape power dynamics through intimate, often deadly rivalries and empires.

Mysteries of rulers of Ancient World, Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia in Near East and Middle East involving great empire - Persia (modern Iran) - when the huge region was the centre of world geopolitics. Text is deeply researched in primary and secondary sources. History and legend are set out and distinguished. The period goes up to the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine the Great, and includes key figures - Cyrus the Great, Darius, Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Claudius, Mark Antony, Augustus, Caligula - many known to readers. And the story has fascinating intimate and even murderous accounts of competition among the elite, both admirable and incompetent, and even sordid.

Author: Timothy Venning
ISBN-10: 1036123847
ISBN-13: 9781036123840
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2026
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover