Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307743748 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Truth is stranger than fiction B. McGregor Nero, what's not to hate? He makes a comic book villain look tame by comparison. In a half a lifetime Nero managed to destroy and bankrupt the Augustus bloodline, murder his mother, wife & son, brother, cousin, Christians, friends, enemies, and just about anyone else who crossed his path.But, this story is about Seneca, who managed to survive Claudius and rise to amazing heights in the Roman empire-even precepts was barely in his grasp according to some.Seneca owes Agrippina for his rise to prominence as the teacher / philos. "Well Worth Reading" according to Rod. Interesting, thought provoking and entertaining look at the life of Rome and a philosopher's struggles in the courts of power. Excellent read for students of first century Christianity as well. A fascinating look at the world into which Christ appeared.. Seneca's Faustian Bargain Dr. J V. Slavin Magnificent biography of the dangerous and ultimately fatal relationship between the Emperor Nero and the philosopher Seneca.
Vividly describing the intensity of political life in the Nero years, and paying particular attention to the Roman fascination with suicide, Romm’s narrative is gripping, erudite, and occasionally quite grim. From Booklist Was Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger an exemplar of Stoic virtue who, pulled into politics in the service of Emperor Nero, did his best to modulate the young despot’s cruelty? Or was he a shrewd manipulator whose ethical treatises were just a cynical attempt to restore a reputation sullied by his complicity in Nero’s cruel and decadent court? Tacitus, who wrote a lot about Seneca, seems to have had trouble making up his mind. Romm suggests that we might bring together these conflicting portraits by understanding Seneca as a serious thinker who suffered from passivity and obsequiousness, and had the misfortune to live at a time when intellectual activity had become particularly dangerous. Seneca’s elegant humanistic vision (which
But with time, as Nero grew vain and disillusioned, Seneca was unable to hold sway over the emperor, and between Nero’s mother, Agrippina—thought to have poisoned her second husband, and her third, who was her uncle (Claudius), and rumored to have entered into an incestuous relationship with her son—and Nero’s father, described by Suetonius as a murderer and cheat charged with treason, adultery, and incest, how long could the young Nero have been contained? Dying Every Day
James Romm is the James H. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. His books on the ancient world include Ghost on the Throne, The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought, Herodotus and, as editor, The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander.. Ottaway Jr. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Dorothy and Lewis B. P