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Summary
We all think we know Nero - murderer of his brother, his mother and his pregnant wife, the Emperor who believed himself a god, fiddled while Rome burned and threw his Christian subjects to the lions. But has history got it right?
Author Biography
David Shotter taught for forty years on Roman imperial history. He has written many books and articles and is regularly invited to speak at archaeological conferences
A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he is also a Trustee of the Roman Site at Vindolanda and is currently President of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.
Table of Contents
| List of Photographic Plates | p. vii |
| List of Coins | p. ix |
| List of Figures | p. x |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
| Introduction: The Quest for Nero: The Principal Sources | p. 1 |
| The Political Background to the Reign of Nero | p. 11 |
| Nero's Family | p. 28 |
| The Path to Power | p. 44 |
| The Expectation and Hope of all the World | p. 55 |
| The End of the Beginning | p. 74 |
| Nero and the Empire | p. 86 |
| The Imperial Builder | p. 111 |
| The Beginning of the End | p. 127 |
| Rebellion and the Fall of Nero | p. 153 |
| Epilogue | p. 169 |
| Principal Dates relating to the Life and Reign of Nero | p. 175 |
| The Distribution of Roman Legions in the Mid-First Century AD | p. 178 |
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