Nero

Informationen zum Autor Edward Champlin is Professor of Classics and Cotsen Professor of Humanities, Princeton University. Klappentext Without seeking to rehabilitate the historical monster, Champlin renders Nero more vividly intelligible by illuminating the motives behind his notorious deeds. 4 halftones. 5 maps. Zusammenfassung The Roman emperor Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. Champlin reinterprets Nero’s enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious performances of an imperial actor with a formidable grasp of Roman history and mythology and a canny sense of his audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Once and Future King 2. Stories and Histories 3. Portrait of the Artist 4. The Power of Myth 5. Shining Apollo 6. Saturnalia 7. One House 8. Triumph Epilogue Note on Sources Bibliography Notes Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index

Product details

• Authors: Edward Champlin, Champlin Edward
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2005
• EAN: 9780674018228
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01822-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Biography: historical, political and military