LAT 488 The Age of Nero

Frequently portrayed as an age of luxury, decadence, and excess, Nero's reign from A.D. 54-68 can be vividly recreated by a close reading of Petronius, Suetonius, Tacitus, and other writers, as well as by the study of inscriptions, coins, and artwork. Focuses on the social history of Rome in the first century A.D.