Et Tu, Brute?: The Deaths Of The Roman Emperors
Humour
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A cartoonist s wry and bloody romp through Roman history A work of cartoon history with a touch of Edward Gorey s dark wit Et Tu Brute is an irreverent illustrated… compendium of the deaths of all the Roman emperors from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus Here in all their glory are Nero stabbing himself in the throat Tiberius smothered in his sleep by his successor Caligula killed by his own praetorian guard Claudius fed poisonous mushrooms by his wife Commodus strangled by his wrestling partner Antoninus died of a surfeit of cheese and many more