Mysteries of rulers of Ancient World, Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia in Near East and Middle East involving great empire – Persia (modern Iran) – when the huge region was the centre of world geopolitics. Text is deeply researched in primary and secondary sources. History and legend are set out and distinguished. The period goes up to the Christian Roman Empire of Constantine the Great, and includes key figures – Cyrus the Great, Darius, Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Claudius, Mark Antony, Augustus, Caligula many known to readers. And the story has fascinating intimate and even murderous accounts of competition among the elite, both admirable and incompetent, and even sordid.
