De Clementia
De Clementia
Addressed to the young emperor Nero at the start of his reign, De Clementia argues that mercy secures a ruler's power more durably than fear, a lesson later events made read as bitterly ironic.
De Clementia
Addressed to the young emperor Nero at the start of his reign, De Clementia argues that mercy secures a ruler's power more durably than fear, a lesson later events made read as bitterly ironic.
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