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Britain's most famous classicist [is] at the peak of her powers ... Even more interesting than the insight into the imperial elite is the light the book sheds on the modern world -- Sathnam Sanghera ― The Times

Lavishly illustrated ... erudite and entertaining ... Beard is so appealing and approachable that even the recalcitrant reader who previously gave not a single thought to the Roman Empire will warm to her subject -- Jennifer Szalai ― New York Times

A beautiful book ... [Beard is] really good at thinking about some of the echoes between Roman politics and British politics, including today -- Rory Stewart ― The Rest is Politics

The most famous historian of Rome sets the record straight -- Olivia B. Waxman ― Time Magazine

[Mary Beard is] the best in the business -- Dan Snow ― History Hit

Magisterial ... A beautifully written product of a lifetime of deep scholarly learning -- Martin Wolf ― FT

Impressively detailed ... there's an immediacy to it all, as if the ancient world were not so long ago and easily understood -- 'Best History Books of 2023' ― The Times

Mary Beard shows, through rich use of anecdote and decades of scholarship, what the traits and insecurities of the Roman emperors teach us about today -- 'The best history books of 2023' ― Telegraph

A masterly group portrait, an invitation to think skeptically but not contemptuously of a familiar civilization ... Ms. Beard punctuates her erudite but easy prose with striking turns of phrase and arresting observations -- Kyle Harper ― WSJ

An enthralling analysis of the wild stories that circulated about Rome's ruthless rulers ... Beard does a wonderful job of taking us into the maelstrom of fantasy, desire and projection that swirled around these rulers -- Kathryn Hughes ― Guardian

There have been many fine books about the Romans this year ... but Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome still stands out ... she draws not just on a career's worth of classical-historical knowledge, but on a career's worth of thinking about how classical history itself - with its truths, lies and unknowns - should be approached. The result could be a manifesto for the discipline's future -- 'Books of the Year 2023: History' ― Prospect

An erudite view on what it is to be an emperor on an everyday basis and how citizens experience life in an empire. As always with Beard, cliches are crushed. She debunks some of the most common myths about the Roman emperors, and her insights are relevant to our understanding of power and leadership today -- Romee de Goriainoff ― Bloomberg

An extraordinary investigation into the gulf between the experience and the narrative of Roman autocracy ... Beard weaves a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries -- Honor Cargill-Martin ― Telegraph

Good emperors may not have been as virtuous as they were painted, nor bad ones so wicked ... all told in trademark exuberant Beard style ... Those familiar with her TV series can hear her voice in the way she writes, her passion for the subject oozing off the page -- Patrick Kidd ― The Times

Chatty, fun, argumentative, fearless, and ferociously well-informed -- Robert McCrum ― Independent

Fascinating ... hugely rewarding ― Irish Times

Imposing, colourful, entertaining ... Distils a vast amount of scholarship into 410 pages ― Irish Independent

Surprising and fascinating ... Explores what we can and can't know about the men who ruled the Roman Empire, and what the lurid stories about so many of them tell us about the anxieties and fantasies of Rome's ordinary citizens and the remarkable resilience of the regime -- Sam Leith ― Spectator Book Club Podcast

For once, the horse races and the Circus Maximus, the true centre of Roman popular culture, get their rightful pride of place ... [The Roman emperors] were bringers of peace and insatiable conquerors, monsters on display and civilised citizens, gods and frightened mortals ... Beard's book is alert to these different layers of meaning -- Georgy Kantor ― Critic

Endlessly entertaining ... A close-up examination of Rome's greatest or most notorious figures ... Beard is never afraid to hint of modern parallels with the world of Ancient Rome, which can superficially seem so remote from our own -- Christopher Hart ― Mail on Sunday

A colourful tour of 30 emperors spanning over 250 years [through] the glitz and gore of Rome ― Economist

[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote ― Sunday Times

Vividly brings to life the history of Ancient Rome -- Jackie Brown ― Good Housekeeping

[Mary Beard is] the reigning Queen of Classics -- Harry Mount ― Spectator

As always, Beard is a brilliant guide ... Emperor of Rome charts a very different path [to] imperial biographies -- Clifford Ando ― TLS

Beard [is] the rock star scholar of Ancient Rome -- Jo Ellison ― Financial Times

Eloquent, charming, exuberant ... [A] lively and engaging way of examining what the actions and "job description" of an emperor can reveal about the psychology of power -- Alexandra Pollard ― i newspaper

An erudite view on what it is to be an emperor on an everyday basis and how citizens experience life in an empire. As always with Beard, cliches are crushed. She debunks some of the most common myths about the Roman emperors, and her insights are relevant to our understanding of power and leadership today -- Romee de Goriainoff, 'Best Books of 2023' ― Bloomberg

It's vital to see these individuals not just as characters in macabre stories but as hard-working bureaucrats ... from the path to the top to the almost inevitable sticky end -- Matt Elton ― BBC History Magazine

A national treasure ... combining accessibility with profound knowledge lightly worn -- Harry Sidebottom ― Literary Review

A fascinating exploration of assumptions about how the emperors of Rome from Julius Caesar to Alexander Severus acceded to the throne, ruled over an empire [and] even became gods ... Beard has redefined what it meant to be an emperor of Rome -- Ming Kit Wong ― Oxford Political Review

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF 2023
A PROSPECT BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

'[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times

'Britain's most famous classicist ... at the peak of her powers' The Times

'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' Telegraph

'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator

What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?

In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).

Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?

Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.