Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation Book

Vasily Rudich examines the phenomenon of dissidence under Nero's infamous reign from both a historical and psychological perspective. He portrays the predicament of the dissident in Nero's Rome through the thoughts of the dissidents themselves. Those who endured the tribulations of Nero's rule did so for varying reasons, ranging from cynical opportunism to intransigent opposition. Political Dissidence Under Nero shows their various efforts at adjustment to the hostile reality of Nero's rule and describes their careers in the form of a dramatic narrative.Rudich's is a study of a society suffering from a crisis of values, of people who were simultaneously the victims and perpetrators of that crisis. By turns admirable, pitiable and contemptible, these figures offer us remarkable examples of both political failure and moral victory.Read More