Showing results by author "Anthony Barrett" in All Categories

Transform student frustration into success using executive function strategies for focus and emotional regulation. Whether you are an educator managing a demanding classroom or a parent navigating ADHD and learning differences at home, this empowering audio guide shifts the narrative from...

Escape career burnout by launching a profitable ecommerce business that permanently replaces your traditional salary. Trade the frustrating rat race for ultimate lifestyle freedom with a practical, step-by-step blueprint designed for beginners and side-hustlers. Stop relying on luck or hype and...

According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, 64 AD and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia - and it’s likely that almost none of it is true. In Rome Is Burning, distinguished Roman historian Anthony Barrett sets the record straight, providing a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Great Fire of Rome, its immediate aftermath, and its damaging long term consequences for the Roman world.

Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power, writes caustically of the brutal and lecherous Tiberius, the weak and cuckolded Claudius, and "the artist" Nero. In particular, his account of the bloody reigns of Tiberius and Nero brims with plots, murder, poisoning, suicide, uprisings, death, and destruction. The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians.