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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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- Title Nero
- Author Jurgen Malitz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2005-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781405121781 / 1405121785
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.56 x 5.56 x 0.57 in (21.74 x 14.12 x 1.45 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Emperors - Rome, Nero
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004027395
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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