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Jacket art: Emperor Nero (37–68 AD) Portrait, Engraving, 1882, Private Collection, J.T. Vintage / Bridgeman Images

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ISBN (PBK.) 978-0-691-15651-4

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Names: Barrett, Anthony, 1941– editor. | Fantham, Elaine, editor. | Yardley, John, 1942– editor.

Title: The Emperor Nero : a guide to the ancient sources / Anthony A. Barrett, Elaine Fantham, and John C. Yardley, editors.

Description: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015048217 | ISBN 9780691156514 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68. | Rome—History—Nero, 54-68—Sources.

Classification: LCC DG285 .E47 2016 | DDC 937/.07092—dc23

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