Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth

Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome

Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth

448 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative tense medium-paced
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A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient RomeThe Roman emperor Nero’s name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the stories go, he se...

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