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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John F. Drinkwater (University of Nottingham)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.790kg ISBN: 9781108472647ISBN 10: 1108472648 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 03 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I. Background: 1. Nero, 'bad' or 'good'?; 2. Agrippina and her legacy; 3. The establishment team; 4. Dissimulation?; 5. Frankness and enquiry; 6. Warfare and the generals; 7. Politics; Part II. Assessment: 8. Killer? I – 54-62; 9. Killer? II – 62-68; 10. Arsonist, persecutor and ruthless urban developer?; 11. Divinity, madness, acting, ideology, burn-out; 12. Depravity? 13. Finance; Part III. End: 14. Entr'acte – Greece; 15. Fall; 16. Conclusion.Reviews'Nero: Emperor and Court is a worthwhile read for those seriously interested in the early Roman Empire.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage (www.strategypage.com) 'Nero: Emperor and Court is a worthwhile read for those seriously interested in the early Roman Empire.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage (www.strategypage.com) 'Nero: Emperor and Court is a worthwhile read for those seriously interested in the early Roman Empire.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage (www.strategypage.com) '… this stimulating, carefully researched and instructive book is an important contribution to the history of Rome in the time of Nero and to the study of political structures and the practice of rule in the early imperial period.' Holger Sonnabend, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Nero: Emperor and Court is a worthwhile read for those seriously interested in the early Roman Empire.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage (www.strategypage.com) Author InformationJohn F. Drinkwater is Emeritus Professor of Roman Imperial History at the University of Nottingham. He has been joint editor of the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal and is now also honorary lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. He has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His principal field of research is the Roman West and his publications include Roman Gaul (1983); The Gallic Empire (1987); Fifth-Century Gaul (ed., with Hugh Elton, Cambridge, 1992); and The Alamanni and Rome 213–496 (2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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