# Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius

Author: Dill, Samuel, 1844-1924

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34122

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Roman+Society+from+Nero+to+Marcus+Aurelius+Dill&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

How far the Antonine age is marked by a moral and spiritual revolution—Light which Seneca throws on the moral condition of his class in Nero’s reign—Value of his testimony—His pessimism—Human degeneracy the result of selfish greed and luxury—Picture of contemporary society—Cruel selfishness and the _taedium vitae_—The _Ardelio_—The terror under which Seneca lived—Seneca’s ideal of the principate expounded to Nero in the _De Clementia_—The character of Nero—Taint in the blood of the Domitii—Nero at first showed glimpses of some better qualities—How he was injured by the ambition to be an artist—False aestheticism and insane profusion—Feeling of Tacitus as to his time—His career—Views as to...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/26/index.md)
- [viii. 2554, optiones scholam suam cum statuis et imaginibus domus](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/21/index.md)
- [xiii. Pliny finds a long series of examples to warrant his](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/roman-society-from-nero-to-marcus-aurelius-34122/chapters/13/index.md)