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Griffin Miriam T (Miriam Tamara) |
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Titolo |
Nero : the end of a dynasty / / Miriam T. Griffin |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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1-134-61043-2 |
1-134-61044-0 |
1-280-32808-8 |
9786610328086 |
0-203-13309-9 |
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Edizione |
[2nd pbk ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Collana |
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Roman Imperial Biographies |
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Soggetti |
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Emperors - Rome |
Rome History Nero, 54-68 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 1984 by B.T. Batsford Ltd. First published in paperback 1987 by B.T. Batsford Ltd.--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-309) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; NERO: THE END OF A DYNASTY; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Preface to Second Paperback Edition; ONE Introduction; TWO The Making of a Princeps; PART ONE NERO'S PRINCIPATE; THREE The New Ruler; FOUR The Golden Age; FIVE Partners in Power; SIX The Turning Point; SEVEN The Descent into Tyranny; EIGHT The Tyranny of Art; NINE The Artistic Tyrant; TEN 'What an Artist Dies With Me'; PART TWO POST-MORTEM ON THE FALL OF NERO; ELEVEN Why Did It Happen?; TWELVE The Problem of the Succession; THIRTEEN The Problem Of Finance; FOURTEEN The Temptation of Philhellenism |
FIFTEEN The Military Image of the PrincepsAPPENDIX ONE: Sources for the Neronian Material in Tacitus Annals, Suetonius Nero and Cassius Dio; APPENDIX TWO: Nero's Later Coinage; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index of Persons, Human & Divine; General Index; Index of lnscriptions, Papyri & Coins |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. However, his reign also illuminates the nature of the Julio-Claudian Principate. Nero's suicide brought to an end the dynasty |
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