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History of Nero

Autor: Jacob Abbott

Número de Páginas: 326

Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American author and educator JACOB ABBOTT (1803-1879) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. It will delight students of history as well as show the scholar how history telling has changed over the last few centuries. More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. This volume, dating from 1853, covers Roman emperor Nero (37-68), from the assassination of Caligula, which led to his ascension to the throne, to the depravity and conspiracy that characterized his...

Nero

Autor: Julian Morgan

Número de Páginas: 118

The life and rule of the first century Roman emperor Nero, who became head of the world's mightiest empire at the age of sixteen and later became infamous for his cruelty and eccentricity.

Nero Wolfe

Autor: Marvin Kaye

Número de Páginas: 346

Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published "The Gazette," chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. NERO WOLFE: THE ARCHIE GOODWIN FILES is a new selection of Neronian delights carefully picked from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.

From the Gracchi to Nero

Autor: Howard Hayes Scullard

Número de Páginas: 532

This narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate.

The Nero Wolfe Files

Autor: Marvin Kaye

Número de Páginas: 170

Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published The Gazette, chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. THE NERO WOLFE FILES is a generous collection of Neronian reading delights selected from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.

Nero

Autor: Miriam Griffin

Número de Páginas: 330

Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. However, his reign also illuminates the nature of the Julio-Claudian Principate. Nero's suicide brought to an end the dynasty Augustus had founded, and placed in jeopardy the political system he had devised. Miriam T. Griffin's authoratitive survey of Nero's reign incorporates both a chronological account, as well as an analysis of the reasons for Nero's collapse under the pressure of his role as emperor.

NERO

Autor: Anton Rubinstein

Número de Páginas: 82

Nero Caesar Augustus

Autor: David Shotter

Número de Páginas: 305

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.

Nero in Opera

Autor: Gesine Manuwald

Número de Páginas: 420

This book considers the story of Nero and Octavia, as told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia and the works of ancient historiographers, and its reception in (early) modern opera and some related examples of other performative genres. In total the study assembles more than 30 performative texts (including 22 librettos), ranging chronologically from L'incoronazione di Poppea in 1642/43 until the early 20th century, and provides detailed information on all of them. In a close examination of the libretto (and dramatic) texts, the study shows the impact and development of this fascinating story from the beginnings of historical opera onwards. The volume demonstrates the various transformations of the characters of Nero and his wives and of the depiction of their relationship over the centuries, and it looks at the tension between “historical” elements and genre conventions. The book is therefore of relevance to literary scholars as well as to readers interested in the evolution of Nero’s image in present-day media.

The Nero-Antichrist

Autor: Shushma Malik

Número de Páginas: 245

Refutes the commonly-held perception that Nero should be understood as the Antichrist figure in the Bible, and argues instead that this paradigm was a product of late antiquity. The paradigm's success facilitated its revival in the nineteenth century against the backdrop of the era's fin-de-siècle anxieties and religious controversies.

Tiberius to Nero

Autor: M. G. L. Cooley

Número de Páginas: 453

A sourcebook on the Roman Empire from Tiberius to Nero, with numerous translated primary texts to support ancient history students.

Deconstructing Imperial Representation: Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius on Nero and Domitian

Autor: Verena Schulz

Número de Páginas: 422

What literary strategies do Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius apply in portraying Nero and Domitian? This book argues that the three authors respond to and deconstruct the positive accounts of imperial representation that were prevalent during the lifetimes of the two controversial emperors. They take up motifs from these earlier accounts, which they re-interpret to construct their own negative portraits. Although Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius discuss the same historical figures and events of early imperial Rome, they are rarely examined together in one volume. Verena Schulz offers the first combined reading of their works from a philological viewpoint, analysing the various rhetorical techniques and narratological devices that they display, and the different literary and historical discourses in which they are embedded.

Dissidence and Literature Under Nero

Autor: Vasily Rudich

Número de Páginas: 412

Dissidence and Literature under Nero provides a detailed introduction to the writings of such crucial authors as Seneca and examines a new and innovative dimension of writing in a repressive regime.

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero

Autor: Shadi Bartsch , Kirk Freudenburg , Cedric Littlewood

Número de Páginas: 423

A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.

Darkness and Dawn, Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero

Autor: Frederic William Farrar

Número de Páginas: 380

Darkness and Dawn, Or Scenes in the Days of Nero

Autor: F. W. Farrar

Número de Páginas: 300

Nero, a play, tr. and adapted by F. E. Trollope

Autor: Pietro Cossa

Número de Páginas: 136

Lamento di Cencio dell' Antella alla signora Anna del Nero ne' Biliotti, etc. [In verse. Edited by D. Bonamici.]

Autor: Vincenzio Marquis Alamanni

Número de Páginas: 36

Nero y los Pícaros

Autor: Patrizia Giannone

Número de Páginas: 40

Este libro es parte de una colección de cuentos para niños titulada "Nero y los Pícaros".Los personajes de los distintos episodios son un grupo de felinos pestíferos liderados por un perro del vecindario, llamado Nero, que, junto a ellos, afronta cada día diversas aventuras. En sus incursiones, estos simpáticos protagonistas se encuentran con otros amigos, como Roja, una zorra curiosa y traviesa, la pandilla de Apestoso, un gato bravucón que vive en una cabaña abandonada, tumbado perpetuamente en un sofá viejo y gastado.Otros participantes son la familia Cuervos, una ardilla tímida llamada Penacho, una jauría de perros callejeros y... ...y el resto lo descubrirás solo leyendo.

The Western Coinages of Nero

Autor: David William Macdowall

Número de Páginas: 342

A study on the western coinages of Nero focusing on the basic pattern of the coinage and its successive chronological stages. The study applies the principals of die study and type analysis to establish a new corpus of this rich coinage. Contents: Chronological Framework, Mints in the West, Gold and Silver, AES without SC, Issues of AES at Rome, Earliest AES at Lugdunum, Issues of AES at Lugdunum, Mint Organization, Context of the Currency Changes, along with a conclusion, catalogue, appendix and plates.

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

Autor: William Smith

Número de Páginas: 1240

The Tragedy of Nero's Wife

Autor: Marcus Wilson

Número de Páginas: 172

A collection of papers. The Importance of the Octavia, Marcus Wilson; Authorising Octavia, Sander M Goldberg; The Concepts of Tyranny in Seneca's Thyestes and in Octavia, Gesine Manuwald; Allegory and Apotheosis in the Octavia, Marcus Wilson; Octavia and the Roman Dramatic Tradition, Rolando Ferri; Forms of Intertextuality in the Octavia, George W M Harrison; Tacitus Responds: Annals 14 and the Octavia, Frances Billot.