UID:
almafu_9959235995602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (128 pages)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-134-36431-8
,
1-280-09941-0
,
0-203-02298-X
Serie:
Lancaster pamphlets in ancient history
Inhalt:
The reign of Nero is often judged to be the embodiment of the extravagance and corruption that have, for many, come to symbolise ancient Rome. In Nero David Shotter provides a reassessment of this view.
Anmerkung:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Family and politics; Nero's early life and accession; The new Augustus; Empire and provinces; Hellenistic monarch or Roman megalomaniac?; Opposition and rebellion; The end of Nero: civil war; Conclusion; APPENDIX I: PRINCIPAL DATES IN NERO'S LIFE AND REIGN; APPENDIX II: GALBA'S SPEECH TO PISO; APPENDIX III: NERO'S GOLDEN HOUSE; APPENDIX IV: GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS; APPENDIX V: ACCOUNTS OF NERO'S LIFE AND PRINCIPATE; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES;
,
English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-31941-2
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-31942-0
Sprache:
Englisch
