Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

by James Romm

Book Overview

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale. At the center, the tumultuous life of Seneca, ancient Rome's preeminent writer and philosopher, beginning with banishment in his fifties and subsequent appointment as tutor to twelve-year-old Nero, future emperor of Rome. Controlling them both, Nero's mother, Julia Agrippina...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307743748
• ISBN13: 9780307743749
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"