{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-bad-emperor-an-ancient-guide-to-truly-terrible-leaders-hardcover-1","title":"How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuetonius\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJosiah Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e to lead\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote \u003ci\u003eLives of the Caesars\u003c\/i\u003e, perhaps the greatest negative leadership book of all time. He was ideally suited to write about terrible political leaders; after all, he was also the author of \u003ci\u003eFamous Prostitutes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWords of Insult\u003c\/i\u003e, both sadly lost. In \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Bad Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e, Josiah Osgood provides crisp new translations of Suetonius's briskly paced, darkly comic biographies of the Roman emperors Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Entertaining and shocking, the stories of these ancient anti-role models show how power inflames leaders' worst tendencies, causing almost incalculable damage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplete with an introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Bad Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e is both a gleeful romp through some of the nastiest bits of Roman history and a perceptive account of leadership gone monstrously awry. We meet Caesar, using his aunt's funeral to brag about his descent from gods and kings--and hiding his bald head with a comb-over and a laurel crown; Tiberius, neglecting public affairs in favor of wine, perverse sex, tortures, and executions; the insomniac sadist Caligula, flaunting his skill at cruel put-downs; and the matricide Nero, indulging his mania for public performance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world bristling with strongmen eager to cast themselves as the Caesars of our day, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Bad Emperor \u003c\/i\u003eis a delightfully enlightening guide to the dangers of power without character.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosiah Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and chair of classics at Georgetown University and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eRome and the Making of a World State\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e150 BCE-20 BCE. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 6.9 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720775495987,"sku":"9780691193991","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NEhhbTIwd1JUeEhhYVNnZE0xK0ZvUT09_02d63f57-81ed-4922-bc92-0c05b9a6ab8c.webp?v=1763622139","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-bad-emperor-an-ancient-guide-to-truly-terrible-leaders-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}