By Anthony A. Barrett,Elaine Fantham,John C. Yardley
Nero's reign (AD 54–68) witnessed probably the most memorable occasions in Roman background, similar to the uprising of Boudica and the 1st persecution of the Christians—not to say Nero's homicide of his mom, his tyranny and extravagance, and his suicide, which plunged the empire into civil conflict. The Emperor Nero gathers right into a unmarried assortment the main assets for Nero's existence and rule, supplying scholars of Nero and historical Rome with the main authoritative and obtainable reader there is.
The Emperor Nero positive aspects transparent, modern translations of key literary resources in addition to translations and reasons of consultant inscriptions and cash issued below Nero. The informative creation situates the emperor's reign in the background of the Roman Empire, and the book's concise headnotes to chapters position the resource fabric in ancient and biographical context. Passages are observed by means of targeted notes and are geared up round occasions, similar to the good fireplace of Rome, or by way of subject, akin to Nero's relationships together with his better halves. complicated occasions just like the conflict with Parthia—split up between a number of chapters in Tacitus's Annals—are introduced jointly in non-stop narratives, making this the main understandable and easy sourcebook on Nero available.
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