CONTENTS

	Preface	vii
	Introduction	xi
	List of Major Events during Nero’s Lifetime	xxvii
I	THE MAKING OF THE EMPEROR	1
II	THE NEW EMPEROR	22
III	ENEMIES WITHIN	41
IV	PARTHIA	77
V	BRITAIN AND GERMANY	118
VI	THE GREAT FIRE	149
VII	THE EMPEROR’S WIVES	171
VIII	CONSPIRACIES	190
IX	THE EMPEROR AS ARTIST AND SHOWMAN	231
X	DEATH	265
	Bibliography	287
	Index	295