Auf eine Einleitung der Herausgeberin folgen dreizehn Beiträge. Diese sind betitelt: Spurensuche - Alma Johanna Koenigs Nero in ihrem Roman Der jugendliche Gott von 1942/47 [Walde], Kaiser, Künstler, Kitharöde: Das Bild Neros bei Sueton [Pausch], Tiberius und Nero [Seng], Res publica oder Res popularis? Die steuerpolitischen Maßnahmen des "schlechten" Kaisers Nero zwischen Haushaltsraison und Volksfreundlichkeit [Günther], Nero-Bildnisse zwischen Winckelmann und Bernoulli [Kreikenbom], Nero in Olympia: Statuenehrungen für den neuen Hoffnungsträger [Bol], Nerone in Lucano e nell'esegesi Lucanea [Esposito], The portrait of Nero in the novel Rome in the Reign of Nero by J. I. Kraszewski [Rostropowicz], Ah! Ben dicea quel grido: Io sono Oreste! Arrigo Boitos Nerone [Sannicandro], Wahnmochings violetter Ringelnero - Alfred Schuler und der Kaiser [Schollmeyer], Nero - das Monster auf der Bühne [Lenz], Nero, NERO, Neronian Literature [Maes] und "Nero redivivus": Nero, George W. Bush, and the "Society of the Spectacle" [Shumate]. Das Buch endet mit einem Namensregister, Ortsregister und Sachregister.An introduction by the editor is followed by thirteen academic papers. These are entitled: Search for clues - Alma Johanna Koenig's Nero in her novel Der jugendliche Gott of 1942/47 [Walde], emperor, artist, citharoede: Nero's image in Suetonius [Pausch], Tiberius and Nero [Seng], Res publica or Res popularis? The "bad" emperor Nero's fiscal policy between reason of budget and popular politics [Günther], images of Nero between Winckelmann and Bernoulli [Kreikenbom], Nero in Olympia: statues of honour for the new "great white hope" [Bol], Nero in Lucan and in the exegeses of Lucan [Esposito], Nero's portrait in J. I Kraszewski's novel Rome in the Reign of Nero [Rostropowicz], Ah! Ben dicea quel grido: Io sono Oreste! Arrigo Boito's Nerone [Sannicandro], Wahnmochings violetter Ringelnero - Alfred Schuler and the emperor [Schollmeyer], Nero - the monster set on stage [Lenz], Nero, NERO, Neronian Literature [Maes] and last but not least "Nero redivivus": Nero, George W. Bush, and the "Society of the Spectacle" [Shumate]. The book ends with an index including names, places, and subjects.