Nero Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
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Anthony Everitt
Roddy Ashworth
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- 08 november 2022
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Anthony Everitt
Anthony Everitt is gasthoogleraar kunst- en cultuurbeleid aan de universiteit van Nottingham en publiceert regelmatig in onder meer The Guardian en The Financial Times. Van zijn hand verschenen onder meer succesvolle biografieën over Hadrianus, Augustus en Cicero. Everitt woont vlak bij Colchester, de oudste stad van Engeland, gesticht door de Romeinen. Op bol.com vind je alle boeken van Anthony Everitt, waaronder het nieuwste boek van Anthony Everitt.
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A striking, nuanced biography of Nerothe controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesarsand a vivid portrait of ancient Rome
Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
The Roman emperor Neros name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the stories go, he set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. He then cleared the charred ruins and built a vast palace. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her.
But these stories, left behind by contemporary historians who hated him, are hardly the full picture, and in this nuanced biography, celebrated historian Anthony Everitt and investigative journalist Roddy Ashworth reveal the contradictions inherent in Nero and offer a reappraisal of his life. Contrary to popular memory, the empire was well managed during his reign. He presided over diplomatic triumphs, and his legions overcame the fiery British queen Boudica who led one of the greatest revolts Rome had ever had to face. He loved art, culture, and music, and he won the loyalty of the lower classes with fantastic spectacles. He did not set fire to Rome.
In Nero, ancient Rome comes to life: the fire-prone streets, the deadly political intrigues, and the ongoing architectural projects. In this teeming, politically unstable world, Nero was vulnerable to fierce reproach from the nobility and relatives who would gladly usurp him, and he was often too ready to murder rivals. He had a vision for Rome, but, racked by insecurity, he perhaps lacked the stomach to govern it.
This is the bloodstained story of one of Romes most notorious emperors: but in Everitt and Ashworths hands, Neros life is also a complicated, cautionary tale about the mettle required to rule.
Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
The Roman emperor Neros name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the stories go, he set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. He then cleared the charred ruins and built a vast palace. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her.
But these stories, left behind by contemporary historians who hated him, are hardly the full picture, and in this nuanced biography, celebrated historian Anthony Everitt and investigative journalist Roddy Ashworth reveal the contradictions inherent in Nero and offer a reappraisal of his life. Contrary to popular memory, the empire was well managed during his reign. He presided over diplomatic triumphs, and his legions overcame the fiery British queen Boudica who led one of the greatest revolts Rome had ever had to face. He loved art, culture, and music, and he won the loyalty of the lower classes with fantastic spectacles. He did not set fire to Rome.
In Nero, ancient Rome comes to life: the fire-prone streets, the deadly political intrigues, and the ongoing architectural projects. In this teeming, politically unstable world, Nero was vulnerable to fierce reproach from the nobility and relatives who would gladly usurp him, and he was often too ready to murder rivals. He had a vision for Rome, but, racked by insecurity, he perhaps lacked the stomach to govern it.
This is the bloodstained story of one of Romes most notorious emperors: but in Everitt and Ashworths hands, Neros life is also a complicated, cautionary tale about the mettle required to rule.
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