LEADER 03301oam 2200661I 450 001 9910780381603321 005 20230422042850.0 010 $a1-134-61043-2 010 $a1-134-61044-0 010 $a1-280-32808-8 010 $a9786610328086 010 $a0-203-13309-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203133095 035 $a(CKB)111087027083972 035 $a(EBL)165855 035 $a(OCoLC)264476811 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000209308 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194329 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209308 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266637 035 $a(PQKB)10657718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165855 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017847 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32808 035 $a(OCoLC)52756029 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027083972 100 $a20180331e20001984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNero $ethe end of a dynasty /$fMiriam T. Griffin 205 $a2nd pbk ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (330 p.) 225 1 $aRoman Imperial Biographies 300 $aFirst published 1984 by B.T. Batsford Ltd. First published in paperback 1987 by B.T. Batsford Ltd.--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-13915-7 311 $a0-415-21464-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 302-309) and indexes. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aFIFTEEN 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 330 $aNero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. However, his reign also illuminates the nature of the Julio-Claudian Principate. Nero's suicide brought to an end the dynasty Augustus had founded, and placed in jeopardy the political system he had devised.Miriam T. Griffin's authoratitive survey of Nero's reign incorporates both a chronological account, as well as an analysis of the reasons for Nero's collapse under the pressure of his role as emperor. 410 0$aRoman Imperial Biographies 606 $aEmperors$zRome$vBiography 607 $aRome$xHistory$yNero, 54-68 615 0$aEmperors 676 $a937.07092 700 $aGriffin$b Miriam T$g(Miriam Tamara),$0154210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780381603321 996 $aNero$9105348 997 $aUNINA