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Mary Beard: Nero’s Ups and Downs, 2 September 2004
“... not, as it is usually taken (partly because it makes a better prediction), to the amphitheatre. Edward Champlin’s Nero is both more and less than a biography. Champlin’s main focus is on Nero’s later Roman reputation: how the now orthodox image was constructed and how it is reflected and debated in ancient ... ”
