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Edward Champlin
A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperor
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The Roman emperor Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. Champlin reinterprets Nero’s enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious…
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By examining wills, this book offers interpretations of, or insights into, subjects as diverse as captatio (inheritance-seeking), the structure of the Roman family, the manumission of slaves, public philanthropy, the…
Edward Champlin (Princeton University)
This is a study of a man who was the presiding genius of Latin letters in the second century, the leading orator and lawyer of his day, a prominent senator…
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The period described in this volume begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero. Its main theme is…
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John Denison Champlin, Jr.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
""Chronicle of the Coach: Charing Cross to Ilfracombe (1886)"" is a book written by John Denison Champlin Jr. The book is a detailed account of the author's journey on a…