Julio-Claudian Emperors | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781853991172 | Julio-Claudian Emperors | Thomas E. J. Wiedemann (u. a.) | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

'The dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero..are condemned to everlasting Infamy', wrote Gibbon. This 'infamy' has inspired the work of historians and novelists from Roman times to the present.

This book summarises political events during the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and the civil wars of the 'year of four emperors'. It considers too the extent to which social factors influenced the imperial household.

Assuming no knowledge of Latin and drawing on material including inscriptions and coins, literary history and the latest historical interpretations, the author presents a coherent account of the often apparently erratic actions of these emperors.

Über den Autor

Thomas Wiedemann was Professor of Latin at the University of Nottingham, UK. His publications include Emperors and Gladiators (1995), and, as editor, Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic (1998), and History of the Peloponnesian War: Books I-II (1998, both available from Bloomsbury).

Zusammenfassung

Assuming no knowledge of Latin it examines inscriptions and coins, literary history and the latest historical interpretations

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Stemmata
Map
Sources and Subject-matter
1. Politics under the Principate
2. Tacitus
3. Other Literary and Archaeological Sources
Tiberi us
4. The Accession
5. Germanicus and Drusus
6. Sejanus and the Power-Vacuum
7. The Aftermath of Sejanus: a Reign of Terror?
Caligula, Claudius and Nero
8. A New Gaius Julius Caesar
9. The Fall of Caligula
10. A Weak Emperor
11. Claudius and Agrippina
12. Nero's 'Five Good Years'
13. The Fire and its Aftermath
The Civil Wars
14. Power Passes to Sulpicius Galba
15. Galba's Failure and the Reign of Otho
16. A Military Coup: Vitellius
17. Vitellius Defeated
18. Legitimacy Restored: Vespasian in Control
Suggestions for Further Study
Suggestions for Further Reading
List of Latin Terms

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781853991172
ISBN-10:	1853991171
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wiedemann, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann, T.
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 6 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas E. J. Wiedemann (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2013
Gewicht:	0,15 kg