Das Privatleben der römischen Kaiser

"The special thing about a prominent position is that nothing can be concealed permanently. Thus not only apartments but also the emperors' bedrooms, their most intimate chambers, open up and bring all secrets out into the open" - with these words the younger Pliny introduces his remarks on Trajan's married life, and indeed nothing remains hidden in Alexander Demandt's investigations into the private lives of the Roman emperors either: The private lives of the Roman emperors offer a section of the history of manners and immorality of the ruling classes in ancient Rome that has never before been treated in summary form.