Introduction To The Cultural Policy Of Nero

The study to the culture of Nero's period is of great help for us to grasp the political mind at the beginning of the Roman Empire. How the actualism or epicurean in daily life originates comes about, and how it has affected the development of Rome society, are the problems needed to be solved.The main body is composed by introduction, concluding remarks and three chapters. The introduction has carried out a retrospect on learning history relevance, and has made an objective commentary to the studying development, explaining the significance of the study.The first chapter includes two sections, introducing the background to the "cultural policy" of Nero. The first section has introduced the general picture of Rome society at that time. Having reinforced the autocracy ruling at home on politics, and consolidated the dilating achievement with various ways. Economy trade is developed; the social life is comparatively relaxed. The second section gives the cultural background from Origin of the ancient Roman history and cultural enlightenment.The second chapter is the introduction to that time, analyses the forming cause of the "cultural policy", concentrating that Nero and Seneca play important role on it. And also, the cultural policy before takes affect, too. The main content includes several parts such as religion, literature and art, common entertainment, intellectual and school education.The third chapter makes a comment on the culture of Nero's period, avows its characteristic, such as making political affairs to entertainment: highly Praising the stagecraft; Pragmatic tactics: too much Politics; Dictatorship authority: The law is especially detailed; At the same time, having summarized the significance and effect that these policies come into being.The concluding remarks has carried out the summary of the text, having the opinion that although the think of the purpose of these policy Nero had taken is for entertainment or is to strengthen autocracy authority, but it also has provided treating working for the poor people. So we should treat Nero two sides.Of course, the culture in Nero period is exactly the effort to defend its government. Either conquering a public with art or guiding a public coming religion, or compelling a public by the law, the nature is to upkeep its autocratic government. The difference between the Nero period's culture and the culture in the past is only the formal changing on the appearance, which is setting off from super-vigorous to assimilation the public. In fact it is impossible for it has violated the tradition of the senate nobleman. But at the same time, in order to carry out the policy, Nero has exhausted large amount of assets, which has weakened the exchequer. At last, he has no choice but to fleece the wealth of the senate nobleman, which leads to his ruling breakdown directly.In general speaking, the Rome culture during Nero period embodies the prosperous state after the empire builds. Though the development of culture expresses the gradually autocratic attitude of the ruler, but it also achieved the splendidness of the great Rome city with its maximal strength.The main attitude of the text on writing is to analysis the historical material in each period, in order to approach or make up to restore the appearance of the history.The point of innovation is the study on this problem comparatively systematically. It can help not only being conducive to culture deficiency on this aspect, but also being able to help us deepen the comprehension of the change process that the culture of early empire takes.