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Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome - Hardcover

Shotter, David

 
9781138140158: Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138140155 ISBN 13: 9781138140158
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Propelled to power by the age of 17 by an ambitious mother, self-indulgent to the point of criminality, inadequate, paranoid and the perpetrator of heinous crimes including matricide and fratricide, and deposed and killed by 31, Nero is one of Rome’s most infamous Emperors.

But has history treated him fairly? Or is the popular view of Nero as a capricious and depraved individual a travesty of the truth and a gross injustice to Rome's fifth emperor?

This new biography will look at Nero’s life with fresh eyes. While showing the man 'warts and all', it also caste a critical eye on the 'libels' which were perpetrated on him, such as claiming he was a madman, many of which were most probably made up to suit the needs of the Flavians, who had overthrown his dynasty.

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About the Author

David Shotter is Professor Emeritus in Roman Imperial History at the University of Lancaster. His many books include Rome and Her Empire (2002), Tiberius Caesar (2nd edition, 2004), and The Fall of the Roman Republic (2nd edition, 2005).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138140155
ISBN 13 
9781138140158
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
296