Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome

Shotter, David

ISBN 10: 1405824573 / ISBN 13: 9781405824576

Published by Pearson, 1008

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257p. Interior is unmarked on white pages. Tightly bound with fully attached hinges. Black cloth boards are crisply pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Dark red jacket is glossy and unclipped with light edge wear and removed sticker remnants on backside.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 1008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405824573
• ISBN 13: 9781405824576
• Binding: 8vo Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • HISTORY (WORLD)

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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.

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).