Nero - Emperor and Court

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John F. Drinkwater, John F. (University of Nottingham) Drinkwater, Drinkwater John F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108460071
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46007-1
• No. of pages: 467
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Political leaders & leadership, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Political leaders and leadership, BCE to c 500 CE, 1st century, c 1 to c 99, c 1000 to c 500 BCE (Italian period of Antiquity)