Description
Product ID: | 9781473827554 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator |
Authors: | Author: John S. McHugh |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, European history, Ancient history, European history, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Rome, BCE to c 500 CE |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Commodus is best known as the narcissistic, incestuous, patricidal megalomaniac Emperor in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (played by Joaquin Phoenix). This is the first full-length biography of Commodus in English. Commodus was notorious for fighting as a gladiator, living a debauched lifestyle and declaring himself a god. |
Imprint Name: | Pen & Sword Military |
Publisher Name: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-06-01 |