Tiberius to Nero

Tiberius to Nero was published in November 2011. Suetonius’ biographies of these emperors are not included, nor Tacitus’ Annals. Instead the volume contains 450 pages mostly of less easily available, but more contemporary sources on this frequently studied period of Roman history. Longer sources include the complete consul lists and the surviving records of the ‘Arval Brothers’ for the period, as well as Velleius on Tiberius, Philo on his embassy to Caligula, Josephus’ account of the assassination of Caligula and the installation of Claudius, and Seneca’s advice to the young emperor Nero. The second part gives 545 documents from literary texts, inscriptions, coins, papyri and works of art, arranged by themes: imperial family, Rome and Italy, religion and imperial cult, administration of empire, war and expansion, conspiracies, entertainment, literature and culture, freedmen and slaves, panegyric and invective, and upper classes. 55 coins from the period are fully illustrated, together with 8 other illustrations. There are 7 family trees, notes on literary sources, a glossary and indexes. All the documents are accompanied by explanatory notes, mostly provided by leading academics. All in all, the collection should be of enormous use for the A2 Ancient History module on the invention of imperial Rome, but also for university courses on the Julio-Claudians