Nero always attracts attention. This book, based on the most recent research and offering radically new interpretations of his character and reign - of the Fire, Christian 'persecution', the Golden House, and his 'madness' - will appeal to every type of reader, academic and general.
Nero always attracts attention. This book, based on the most recent research and offering radically new interpretations of his character and reign - of the Fire, Christian 'persecution', the Golden House, and his 'madness' - will appeal to every type of reader, academic and general.
John F. Drinkwater is Emeritus Professor of Roman Imperial History at the University of Nottingham. He has been joint editor of the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal and is now also honorary lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. He has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His principal field of research is the Roman West and his publications include Roman Gaul (1983); The Gallic Empire (1987); Fifth-Century Gaul (ed., with Hugh Elton, Cambridge, 1992); and The Alamanni and Rome 213-496 (2007).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Background: 1. Nero, 'bad' or 'good'? 2. Agrippina and her legacy 3. The establishment team 4. Dissimulation? 5. Frankness and enquiry 6. Warfare and the generals 7. Politics Part II. Assessment: 8. Killer? I - 54-62 9. Killer? II - 62-68 10. Arsonist, persecutor and ruthless urban developer? 11. Divinity, madness, acting, ideology, burn-out 12. Depravity? 13. Finance Part III. End: 14. Entr'acte - Greece 15. Fall 16. Conclusion.
Part I. Background: 1. Nero, 'bad' or 'good'? 2. Agrippina and her legacy 3. The establishment team 4. Dissimulation? 5. Frankness and enquiry 6. Warfare and the generals 7. Politics Part II. Assessment: 8. Killer? I - 54-62 9. Killer? II - 62-68 10. Arsonist, persecutor and ruthless urban developer? 11. Divinity, madness, acting, ideology, burn-out 12. Depravity? 13. Finance Part III. End: 14. Entr'acte - Greece 15. Fall 16. Conclusion.
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