Nero.: 15 (Blackwell Ancient Lives) - Softcover

Malitz, Jurgen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405121785 ISBN 13: 9781405121781

Verlag: WB, 2011

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Páginas:188Géneros:12:0:0Sinopsis:

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In this rigorously researched biography Jurgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider the reputation of the Roman Emperor Nero. This work: focuses on the growing tension between Nero's artistic tendencies and his role as emperor; steers readers through the diverse interpretations of Nero that have arisen through the ages; and, allows readers to form a balanced judgment of this divisive and controversial Emperor.

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The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. In this fascinating new biography, Jürgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider Nero’s reputation.

Malitz focuses on the growing tension between Nero’s artistic tendencies and the political role for which his ambitious mother, Agrippina the Younger, groomed him. The author reveals how, after sound beginnings under Seneca and other serious men, Nero succumbed to his love of acting; and how, while using the arts to please the people, Nero alienated the senate with his increasingly autocratic style. Finally, he explains how Nero met his untimely end following a failure of nerves in the face of rebellion.

Nero’s crimes are notorious: he murdered his mother and all possible contestants to the throne and brutally persecuted the Christians. Despite Nero’s notoriety, Malitz outlines the often forgotten aspects of his reign: his early, surprisingly responsible political agenda, his initial popularity, patronage of the arts, and innovations in architecture.

This original biography allows readers to form a balanced judgment of this divisive and controversial Emperor.

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• Verlag: WB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1405121785
• ISBN 13: 9781405121781
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188