Nero  -  Thorsten Opper

the man behind the myth

KORTE INHOUD

One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54–68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a reputation has, however, been shaped by ancient literary sources written by his adversaries and enemies and, in light of new research, can be considered crudely reductive. This publication, and the exhibition it accompanies, redresses the balance and provides a more nuanced interpretation of Nero’s reign and Roman society of the time, re...
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2021 Uitgever: British Museum Press 304 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  280x250 ISBN-10: 0714122912 ISBN-13: 9780714122915