Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54â 68), providing insight into the inner conflicts of a Roman society in transition and challenging preconceptions of a figure dismissed by a hostile source-tradition as tyrannical, deluded and ineffectual.
Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54â 68), providing insight into the inner conflicts of a Roman society in transition and challenging preconceptions of a figure dismissed by a hostile source-tradition as tyrannical, deluded and ineffectual.
Thorsten Opper is Curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum. He is the author of Hadrian: empire and conflict and curator of the exhibition Nero at the British Museum.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction - approaches to Nero the source tradition 1. Nero and the family of Augustus - Augustus and the system of the principate Julio-Claudian society Nero's family 2. Power and succession - Nero's accession expectations of the new reign poetry and imagery 3. Conflict and reform - Nero and the military external conflicts the Armenian War Britain and the Boudicca rebellion 4. Spectacle and splendor - Nero's reforms and major projects public entertainment Nero on stage 5. Passion and discord - the imperial family Nero's wives and daughter 6. Fire - the great fire of Rome of AD 64 7. The new Apollo - Nero's palaces and the Domus Aurea luxury and elite society diplomacy and triumph 8. Crisis and death - internal conflict and elite resistance rebellion Nero's death civil war 'False Neros' and Nero's enduring popularity Bibliography Credits Index
Introduction - approaches to Nero the source tradition 1. Nero and the family of Augustus - Augustus and the system of the principate Julio-Claudian society Nero's family 2. Power and succession - Nero's accession expectations of the new reign poetry and imagery 3. Conflict and reform - Nero and the military external conflicts the Armenian War Britain and the Boudicca rebellion 4. Spectacle and splendor - Nero's reforms and major projects public entertainment Nero on stage 5. Passion and discord - the imperial family Nero's wives and daughter 6. Fire - the great fire of Rome of AD 64 7. The new Apollo - Nero's palaces and the Domus Aurea luxury and elite society diplomacy and triumph 8. Crisis and death - internal conflict and elite resistance rebellion Nero's death civil war 'False Neros' and Nero's enduring popularity Bibliography Credits Index
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