From the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC to the fall of Rome in 476 AD, Dark History of the Roman Emperors presents a wry and witty look at five centuries of Roman mayhem, murder, incest, infanticide, sadism, sexual depravity and madness. Featuring such notorious names as Claudius, Tiberius and Commodus, this book retells all of the most salacious and eye-opening accounts of imperial misdeeds, drawing on many original Roman sources and illustrated with over 200 striking colour and black-and-white images, from portrait busts to Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces.