| Summary: | <p>This book is a hybrid, biographical in its concentration on Nero&apos;s personality and problems, historical in its analysis of his fall in terms of the interaction of that personality with the complex political system of the Principate.</p><p>Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. However, his reign also illuminates the nature of the Julio-Claudian Principate. Nero's suicide brought to an end the dynasty Augustus had founded, and placed in jeopardy the political system he had devised.</p><p>Miriam T. Griffin's authoratitive survey of Nero's reign incorporates both a chronological account, as well as an analysis of the reasons for Nero's collapse under the pressure of his role as emperor.</p>
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