Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

In this dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty, Tom Holland  traces the astonishing century-long story of the rise and fall of the  Julio-Claudians—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.  Capturing both the brilliant allure of their rule and the blood-steeped  shadows cast by their crimes, Dynasty travels from the great  capital rebuilt in marble to the dank and barbarian forests of Germany.   Populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers  and Druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators, it vividly  recreates the world of Rome after Julius Caesar. A tale of rule and  ruination, Dynasty is the story of a family that transformed and  stupefied the western world and that continues to cast a mesmerizing  spell across the millennia.