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Online-Ressource (387 p.)
ISBN:
9780415069519
Content:
Vasily Rudich examines the phenomenon of dissidence under Nero's infamous reign from both a historical and psychological perspective. He portrays the predicament of the dissident in Nero's Rome through the thoughts of the dissidents themselves. Those who endured the tribulations of Nero's rule did so for varying reasons, ranging from cynical opportunism to intransigent opposition. Political Dissidence Under Nero shows their various efforts at adjustment to the hostile reality of Nero's rule and describes their careers in the form of a dramatic narrative.Rudich's is a study of a society sufferi
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE YEARS OF EXPECTATION; 2 THE YEARS OF FRUSTRATION; 3 THE YEARS OF ACTION; 4 THE YEARS OF DECIMATION: I; 5 THE YEARS OF DECIMATION: II; 6 THE YEAR OF REVOLUTION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203975992
Additional Edition:
Print version Political Dissidence Under Nero : The Price of Dissimulation
Language:
English
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