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The Madness of Nero (Penguin Epics)
Tacitus
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Description for The Madness of Nero (Penguin Epics)
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
An Emperor's crimes provoke the wrath of the gods. Nero has seized control of Rome and the crown. He is willing to destroy anyone that gets in his way. No one is safe not even his scheming mother. As its new Emperor sinks to insane levels of brutality, Rome becomes a hell of corruption, depravity and vice. But dark omens hang over the city. Has the power-crazed Nero gone too far?
An Emperor's crimes provoke the wrath of the gods. Nero has seized control of Rome and the crown. He is willing to destroy anyone that gets in his way. No one is safe not even his scheming mother. As its new Emperor sinks to insane levels of brutality, Rome becomes a hell of corruption, depravity and vice. But dark omens hang over the city. Has the power-crazed Nero gone too far?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141026862
SKU
KKD0006025
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tacitus
Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome and rose to eminence as a pleader at the Roman Bar. In 77 he married the daughter of Agricola, conqueror of Britain, of whom he later wrote a biography.
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