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Nero Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome - Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth 2022 EPUB Random House BOOKS HISTORY
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Nero Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Author: Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
Year: 2022
Format: EPUB
File size: 14 MB
Language: ENG

A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome. The Roman emperor Nero’s 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.

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