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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450771603321

Autore

Shotter D. C. A (David Colin Arthur)

Titolo

Nero [[electronic resource] /] / David Shotter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2005

ISBN

1-280-09941-0

0-203-02298-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Lancaster pamphlets in ancient history

Disciplina

937/.07/0922

B

Soggetti

Emperors - Rome

Electronic books.

Rome History Nero, 54-68

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Family and politics; Nero's early life and accession; The new Augustus; Empire and provinces; Hellenistic monarch or Roman megalomaniac?; Opposition and rebellion; The end of Nero: civil war; Conclusion; APPENDIX I: PRINCIPAL DATES IN NERO'S LIFE AND REIGN; APPENDIX II: GALBA'S SPEECH TO PISO; APPENDIX III: NERO'S GOLDEN HOUSE; APPENDIX IV: GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS; APPENDIX V: ACCOUNTS OF NERO'S LIFE AND PRINCIPATE; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES;

Sommario/riassunto

The reign of Nero is often judged to be the embodiment of the extravagance and corruption that have, for many, come to symbolise ancient Rome. In Nero David Shotter provides a reassessment of this view.