Böcker av Vasily Rudich

Introduces an historical perspective on Rome's relationship with the Greeks and the Jews from their earliest contacts through the period of expansion to the fall of the Roman republic. This book features chapters that deal with the Principate of Augustus, Judaea's 'triple administration', and the beginnings of the Christian Church.

This work inquires into the impact of dissident sensibilities on the writings of the major Neroian authors. It offers a detailed analysis of essays, poetry and fiction written by Seneca, Lucan and Petronius, and illuminates their psychological and moral anguish.

Examines the phenomenon of dissidence from both historical and psychological perspectives. Taking as a case study Nero's Rome, the text investigates the interaction of the universal components of human motive, thought and act, with those that are culturally conditioned.