Robin Seager

Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. Ruthless and manipulative — "moderate in everything but seeking domination," according to the historian Sallust — he also inspired devotion from his soldiers and friends. His achievements — including the defeat of Rome's most dangerous enemy, the conquest of large...

Robin Seager traces the life of Tiberius from his birth in Rome in 42 BC during the death throes of the Republic, through his military career and reign as Emperor, to his death in AD 37. Tiberius' complex character is the key to understanding his reign. Challenging the common ancient view of Tiberius as a consummate hypocrite, Seager portrays him...