03301oam 2200661I 450 991078038160332120230422042850.01-134-61043-21-134-61044-01-280-32808-897866103280860-203-13309-910.4324/9780203133095 (CKB)111087027083972(EBL)165855(OCoLC)264476811(SSID)ssj0000209308(PQKBManifestationID)11194329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209308(PQKBWorkID)10266637(PQKB)10657718(MiAaPQ)EBC165855(Au-PeEL)EBL165855(CaPaEBR)ebr10017847(CaONFJC)MIL32808(OCoLC)52756029(EXLCZ)9911108702708397220180331e20001984 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNero the end of a dynasty /Miriam T. Griffin2nd pbk ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (330 p.)Roman Imperial BiographiesFirst published 1984 by B.T. Batsford Ltd. First published in paperback 1987 by B.T. Batsford Ltd.--T.p. verso.1-138-13915-7 0-415-21464-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-309) and indexes.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 PhilhellenismFIFTEEN 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 & CoinsNero'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 Augustus had founded, and placed in jeopardy the political system he had devised.Miriam T. Griffin's authoratitive survey of Nero's reign incorporates both a chronological account, as well as an analysis of the reasons for Nero's collapse under the pressure of his role as emperor.Roman Imperial BiographiesEmperorsRomeBiographyRomeHistoryNero, 54-68Emperors937.07092Griffin Miriam T(Miriam Tamara),154210MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780381603321Nero105348UNINA