Romm, James S.

Dying every day : Seneca at the court of Nero / James Romm. - New York : Vintage Books , 2014 - 290 p. : illus. ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The two Senecas -- Suicide (I) -- Regicide -- Fratricide -- Matricide -- Maritocide -- Holocaust -- Suicide (II) -- Euthanasia.

Explores the moral struggles, political intrigues and violent vendettas that enmeshed the ancient Roman writer and philosopher in the brutal daily lives of the imperial family and the regime of his student, Nero.


English.

9780307743749


Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (, 4 a.C.-65 d.C)
Nero Emperor of Rome (37 - 68)


Statesmen---Rome----Biography
Philosophers---Biography


Rome---History---Nero, 54-68

B618 / .R64 2014

188 ROM