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Stories of Nero's tyrannical reign began before his body was cold and have continued to circulate; the monster who dallied while Rome burned, the tyrant who murdered his wife and his mother and who threw Christians to the lions. But is this the true story? The author seeks to overturn this popular conception of Nero and rescue the man from the myth by revealing Nero as a liberator, who tried to democratize the state. His story is told from his birth into the Imperial family through his mother's remarriage to the new Emperor Claudius--whom she would eventually murder; his education by Seneca; his marriage; his enthronement as Emperor at age 16; his role as patron; his love affair with Poppea and the murders of his wife and mother; the increasing enmity towards him; the Great Fire of Rome and building of the Golden Palace; the killing of the Christians; the death of Poppea and Nero's growing instability; treason trials and suicide writs; rebellion in Gaul and Spain; and Nero's suicide.
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This revisionist biography of Nero succeeds in smashing the myth of the monster who callously fiddled while Rome burned. Although Holland admits that Nero was definitely no saint, he cites credible evidence suggesting that he was certainly no less cruel than many of his more revered predecessors. In fact, the historical record suggests that Nero's legacy was tarnished by an entrenched aristocracy that resented many of his unorthodox Hellenistic and egalitarian policies. By placing this much maligned emperor firmly in the social and cultural context of ancient Rome, the author is able to defend his supposition that Nero's reputation has suffered at the hands of modern scholars influenced by the exaggerated, inconsistent, and inaccurate accounts of his life written 50 or more years after his death. A convincing reappraisal of one of the ancient world's most intriguing rulers. Margaret Flanagan
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- PublisherSutton Pub Ltd
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0750924470
- ISBN 13 9780750924474
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages274
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