Nero

Nero

by Malitz, Jürgen

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"The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. Jurgen 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 s…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Nero / Ju͏̈rgen Malitz; translated by Allison Brown.

Summary

"The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. Jurgen 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 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 the innovations in architecture."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Blackwell Pub
  • Place of Publication:Malden, MA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2005

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index. - Print version record.

Augustus' great-great-grandson

Quinquennium neronis

Matricide

Opposition

Trip to Greece

The Physical Object

  • Description:Online Ressource (xi, 174 pages) : : illustrations, map.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780470773949, 0470773944
  • oclc:on1039272503
  • LC Classification:DG285
  • Dewey Decimal:937.07092

Subjects

Emperors -- Biography History Nero Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 Rome (Empire)

Writers

Malitz, Jürgen

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