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    Nero

    By Jurgen Malitz

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    About this ebook

    In this rigorously researched biography Jürgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider the reputation of the Roman Emperor Nero.

    • Focuses on the growing tension between Nero’s artistic tendencies and his role as emperor.

    • Steers readers through the diverse interpretations of Nero that have arisen through the ages.

    • Allows readers to form a balanced judgment of this divisive and controversial Emperor.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateApr 15, 2008
    ISBN9781405144742
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    • 3/5
      Re-read and annotated this one as I'm making notes for a sequel to "Sword of the Gladiatrix". Unfortunately, not that useful for research. This is a non-academic take on Nero and his reign which casual readers might enjoy, but Malitz skips over some significant events or gives them short shrift. The most useful part was the appendix: the English translation of the Nero portion of Suetonius' "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars". I have a copy, but it's a beautiful hardbound book and I didn't want to mark it up. No problem highlighting and annotating this one!
    • 2/5
      The first few chapters of this brief bio of Nero were engaging, but after Agrippina’s murder, my interest died with her. Not the most absorbing of narratives.
    • 4/5
      This short biography is about the life of the notorious ruler Nero. A bloodthirsty beast for some and the victim of historians for others, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
    • 5/5
      I’m tempted to simply quote the opening chapter of my book about Revelation. Most of that first chapter comes directly from this book. I begin with a series of short glimpses into the life of Nero Caesar in an attempt to portray the demons within the man named by Revelation as the Beast of the Sea.Nero was the fifth Roman emperor, and thus the fifth “king” of seven in the book of Revelation. He’s one of the most fascinating emperors of the era, sharing the title (in my opinion) with Augustus and Caligula. He’s known as a narcissistic tyrant, and the man who single-handedly ended the reign of the Caesars (the original family line) by putting every possible heir to death. He’s also known, of course, for his brutal and imaginative persecution of Christians. But Malitz also gives credit where credit is due, outlining Nero’s more positive contributions from earlier in his reign.A short chapter near the end of the book discusses Nero’s “afterlife,” the enduring legend which sprang up in his name as the antichrist, 666. It was believed by many (including, apparently, John of Patmos) that Nero would come back to life to regain his throne by force. Nero is the ruler who dies and lives again as the eighth king of Revelation.Mesmerizing and fun, if you have any interest at all in this stuff, you won’t be able to put the book down. Admittedly, many of the more sensational Nero stories are of questionable authenticity (such as blaming him for setting the fire that destroyed Rome near the end of his reign) and separating fact from fiction can be a challenge, but for me, writing from a Christian viewpoint, both sides are equally important.This is a relatively short book, ending officially after 113 pages, but immediately following this is translation of Suetonius’ The Lives of the Twelve Caesars.

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