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Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54-68), 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 54-68), 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.
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
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Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780714122915 |
ISBN-10: | 0714122912 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Opper, Thorsten |
Hersteller: | British Museum Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
Maße: | 277 x 248 x 26 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thorsten Opper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.08.2021 |
Gewicht: | 1,666 kg |
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780714122915 |
ISBN-10: | 0714122912 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Opper, Thorsten |
Hersteller: | British Museum Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
Maße: | 277 x 248 x 26 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thorsten Opper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.08.2021 |
Gewicht: | 1,666 kg |
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