Political dissidence under Nero / Vasily Rudich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudich, Vasily, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissenters--Rome.

Dissenters.

Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-68 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 354 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vasily Rudich examines dissidence under Nero from both historical and psychological perspectives and inquires into the balance of the universal and historically conditioned components of political behaviour. The careers of numerous dissident individuals and their attempts at accommodation to a hostile reality are discussed.

Contents:

Cover; POLITICAL DISSIDENCE UNDER NERO: The price of dissimulation; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE AGE OF DISSIMULATION; 1 THE YEARS OF EXPECTATION; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 2 THE YEARS OF FRUSTRATION; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; 3 THE YEARS OF ACTION; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; 4 THE YEARS OF DECIMATION: I; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 5 THE YEARS OF DECIMATION: II; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 6 THE YEAR OF REVOLUTION; I; II; III; IV; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-16845-5

0-203-97599-5

9780203975992

OCLC:

475949007