Dying every day : Seneca at the court of Nero / James Romm.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books , 2014Description: 290 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780307743749
- 188 ROM
- B618 .R64 2014
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 188 ROM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 007941 |
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.
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