Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens

by Robert Garland

What sort of people were able to grab the attention of the public in the ancient world? How was celebrity achieved? What methods did people use to achieve it? Robert Garland turns the spotlight on the careers of some of the most successful and colourful self-promoters ever to have lived, including Alcibiades, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, Jesus, Nero and Theodosia, and investigates the secrets of their success...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715634488
• ISBN13: 9780715634486
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"