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The Dedalus book of Roman decadence : emperors of debauchery / edited by Geoffrey Farrington and translated by Brian & Adrian Murdoch.

Title
The Dedalus book of Roman decadence : emperors of debauchery / edited by Geoffrey Farrington and translated by Brian & Adrian Murdoch.
Publication
Sawtry, Cambs. [England] : Dedalus ; New York, NY : Hippocrene, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Farrington, Geoffrey, 1955-
  • Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
  • Murdoch, Adrian
Description
238 p.; 20 cm.
Series Statement
Decadence from Dedalus
Uniform Title
Decadence from Dedalus.
Alternative Title
  • Emperors of debauchery.
  • Emperors of debauchery
Subject
  • Emperors > Rome
  • Degeneration
  • Lust
  • Rome > Social life and customs
  • Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
  • Culture Decadence
  • Roman Empire
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction to Ovid -- Ovid's Amores -- Introduction to Suetonius -- Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars -- Introduction to Suetonius's Life of Caligula -- Life of Caligula -- Ovid 111.14 -- Introduction to Tacitus -- Tacitus's the Annals -- Introduction to the Murder of Claudius -- Tacitus's The Murder of Claudius -- Introduction to Seneca -- Seneca's The Apocolocyntosis -- Introduction to the Fall of Agrippina -- Tacitus's The Fall of Agrippina -- Introduction to Petronius -- Tacitus's description of Petronius from the Annals -- Petronius's The Satyricon -- Introduction to The Fire of Rome -- Suetonius's Nero, 38 (from The Fire of Rome) -- Introduction to the Banquet of Tigellinus -- Tacitus's A Typical Neronian Orgy -- Introduction to Martial -- Martial's Epigrams -- Introduction to Josephus -- Josephus's The Triumph of Vespasian -- An Adventure in the East (from the Satyricon) -- Introduction to Cassius Dio -- Cassius Dio's The Roman History -- Introduction to Juvenal.
ISBN
187398216X
LCCN
gb^95090330^
OCLC
  • 30947191
  • SCSB-10772337
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library