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1. Religious Dissent in the Roman Empire

   Violence in Judaea at the Time of Nero

   By Vasily Rudich

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   This is the third in Rudich's trilogy on the intellectual roots of opposition to Nero's rule. The author's approach is based in his own experience, as a Russian exile, of the dissident mentality in the former Soviet Union, which gives the critical treatment of the sources an intriguing...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Dissidence and Literature Under Nero

   The Price of Rhetoricization

   By Vasily Rudich

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

   Published March 19th 1997 by Routledge
3. Political Dissidence Under Nero

   The Price of Dissimulation

   By Vasily Rudich

   Vasily Rudich examines dissidence under Nero from both historical and psychological perspectives and inquires into the balance of the universal and historically conditioned components of political behaviour. The careers of numerous dissident individuals and their attempts at accomodation to a...

   Published March 31st 1993 by Routledge