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A Companion to the Neronian Age

ISBN: 978-1-444-33272-8

April 2013

Wiley-Blackwell

512 pages

Description
An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero.
  • The first book of its kind to treat this era, which has gained in popularity in recent years
  • Makes much important research available in English for the first time
  • Features a balance of new research with established critical lines
  • Offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies
  • Includes a mix of established scholars and groundbreaking new voices
  • Includes detailed maps and illustrations
About the Author
Emma Buckley is Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies at the University of St. Andrews. She has published on post-Virgilian epic, Maffeo Vegio and Christopher Marlowe. She is currently writing a monograph on Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica.

Martin T. Dinter is Lecturer in Latin Literature and Language at King’s College London. He has published articles on Virgil, Horace, Lucan and Valerius Flaccus and is the author of a forthcoming monograph on Lucan’s Bellum Civile.