![]() ![]() Much is fresh and clearly translated source-text, lively rather than bland. "All three contributors to this book bring authority as well as readable exposition to thisadmirable project. "A superb addition to current interest in Nero, not least because its authors form an all-star team for any study of Neronian Rome."-Lauren Ginsberg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Classicists Barrett, Fantham, and Yardley divide the book into topical chapters covering subjects ranging from Nero's rise to power and foreign imperial conquests to his personal life and palace intrigues."- Choice " The Emperor Nero is a guidebook to literary and primary sources on early imperial Rome that specifically relate to Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (37-68 CE), the final Julio-Claudian emperor. Complex events like the war with Parthia-split up among several chapters in Tacitus’s Annals-are brought together in continuous narratives, making this the most comprehensible and user-friendly sourcebook on Nero available. Passages are accompanied by detailed notes and are organized around events, such as the Great Fire of Rome, or by topic, such as Nero’s relationships with his wives. The informative introduction situates the emperor’s reign within the history of the Roman Empire, and the book’s concise headnotes to chapters place the source material in historical and biographical context. The Emperor Nero features clear, contemporary translations of key literary sources along with translations and explanations of representative inscriptions and coins issued under Nero. The Emperor Nero gathers into a single collection the major sources for Nero’s life and rule, providing students of Nero and ancient Rome with the most authoritative and accessible reader there is. Nero’s reign ( AD 54–68) witnessed some of the most memorable events in Roman history, such as the rebellion of Boudica and the first persecution of the Christians-not to mention Nero’s murder of his mother, his tyranny and extravagance, and his suicide, which plunged the empire into civil war. ![]()
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