Harry Sidebottom

About The Author

Dr Harry Sidebottom teaches Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Since publication of Fire in the East in 2008, he has written and published a novel each year, all of which have been Sunday Times top 5 bestsellers. His Warrior of Rome series has been published in 14 countries. Harry is also the editor of the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Ancient Battles.

Books by Harry Sidebottom

The Mad Emperor

Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome

What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor.

'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times

On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian...
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