Nero: The Man Behind the Myth - Brossura

Opper, Thorsten

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0714122912 ISBN 13: 9780714122915

Casa editrice: British Museum Pubns Ltd, 2021

Riassunto

Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54–68), providing insight into the inner conflicts of a Roman society in transition and challenging preconceptions of a figure dismissed by a hostile source-tradition as tyrannical, deluded and ineffectual.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Thorsten Opper is Curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum. He is the author of Hadrian: empire and conflict and curator of the exhibition Nero at the British Museum.

Dalla quarta di copertina

One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54–68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a reputation has, however, been shaped by ancient literary sources written by his adversaries and enemies and, in light of new research, can be considered crudely reductive. This publication, and the exhibition it accompanies, redresses the balance and provides a more nuanced interpretation of Nero’s reign and Roman society of the time, reflecting on the traditional perceptions of his rule and revealing the challenges with which the young heir to Claudius’ empire had to contend.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: British Museum Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0714122912
• ISBN 13: 9780714122915
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile