{"product_id":"the-year-of-five-emperors-robert-n-eckert-9781778831256","title":"The Year of Five Emperors: Part 2: Severus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe vicious Emperor Commodus is dead, after one cruelty too many. How should a successor be chosen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy election? The Senate chooses the capable bureaucrat Pertinax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy purchase? The Praetorians like Didius Julianus, or at least his money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy inheritance? Clodius Albinus is from an ancient family with imperial ties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy force? A major branch of the army backs the blunt Septimius Severus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy acclamation? The common people adore the humble Pescennius Niger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRival gods, too, contend for the people's loyalties. In a Rome that is tearing itself apart, the household of Tullius Secundus, a Senator of the old school, struggle to find happiness and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert N. Eckert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1778831257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778831256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookside Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Robert N. Eckert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44311134732543,"sku":"9781778831256","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a63d54ae-0f97-4e65-93d6-8a966066d3cf.jpg?v=1695721246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-five-emperors-robert-n-eckert-9781778831256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}