Book Launch: Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome
Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome book cover
In this talk, Dr Peta Greenfield and Dr Fiona Radford from The Partial Historians podcast will take you through some of the most valuable lessons they learnt while writing their first book, Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome (Highlands Press).
The regal period of Roman history is studied much less than other periods of Rome. This is a tragedy as there are many fascinating details about Roman culture and society contained in the mythic-history of the kings who once ruled over this civilisation.
The doctors will dissect the events in the narrative and annalistic sources on this period, before extracting important takeaways, including:
What to do if a phallus starts floating in your fire
How to cure an axe to the head
How to use a wild storm to hide your ambitions for power
How to break up with your partner and go into business for yourself
The evening will include the formal launch of Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome (2023).
About the speakers
Dr Fiona Radford is an expert on Rome on film and wrote her thesis on Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960). Her research interest in film makes her an exponent of not only Ancient History, but also Reception Studies.
Dr Peta Greenfield is an expert on the Vestal Virgins. Her research interests include: the intersection between religion and politics in Rome, the Late Republic (c. 150 BC – 31 BC) and Augustan Period (c. 31 BC – AD 14), and the role of women.
Together they have for a decade hosted the Partial Historians podcast to international acclaim.