Nero: Emperor and Court

ISBN-13: 9781108460071 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 467 str.

John F. Drinkwater

Opis

Nero was negligent, not tyrannical. This allowed others to rule, remarkably well, in his name until his negligence became insupportable.

Recenzje

'… this stimulating, carefully researched and instructive book is an important contribution to the history of Rome in the time of Nero and to the study of political structures and the practice of rule in the early imperial period.' Holger Sonnabend, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

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.