Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome
Unraveling a Murder Mystery That Changed History
Could the killing of a single great leader while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? Perhaps, but only if that leader were the grandson of Mark Antony, the adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, handpicked by Augustus to become the third emperor, as well as the father of Caligula and the grandfather of Nero.
Germanicus Julius Caesar was all of the above. He was also a brilliant general, a master politician, and the most beloved man in the empire. This brilliant investigation of his death and its aftermath is both a compelling, thought-provoking history and a first-class murder mystery with a plot twist Agatha Christie would envy.
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Book details
- Author
- Stephen Dando-Collins
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 288
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › Ancient › Rome
True Crime › Murder - Topics
- Roman Empire · ancient Rome · Germanicus Julius Caesar · murder mystery · Roman history · Julius Caesar dynasty · political assassination
- ISBN-13
- 9780470137413
About the author
STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS is the author of nearly 50 books, spanning children’s novels, biographies, and military history from ancient Greece and Rome through World War I and World War II. His books have been translated into more than eight languages, including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Albanian, and Korean.
Dando-Collins is considered an authority on the legions of ancient Rome, with decades of research culminating in Legions of Rome.
Stephen lives in Tasmania, Australia.