.Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68),^[1] born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.^ Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus, the nephew of Tiberius and grandson of the wife of Augustus, was made emperor after Caligula.

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^ Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , also called ( AD 50–54) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus , original name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus .

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^ Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) was born (d.

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.Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius to become heir to the throne.^ (HN, 3/18/99) 37CE Dec 15, Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor of Rome who is blamed for the great fire of Rome, was born.

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^ Nero (37-68CE), son of Agrippina, succeeded his great uncle Claudius, who was murdered by his wife, as the new emperor of Rome.

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.As Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, he succeeded to the throne on 13 October 54, following Claudius's death.^ Flavius Josephus, the Jewish contemporary of John, clearly points out that Julius Caesar was the first emperor of Rome and that he was followed in succession by Augustus, Tiberius, Caius, Claudius, and, sixthly, Nero (Antiquities, books 18 and 19).

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^ Mint at Caesarea, Cappadocia.NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA, laureate head of Nero right / DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG, laureate head of Claudius right.

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^ Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus, the nephew of Tiberius and grandson of the wife of Augustus, was made emperor after Caligula.

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.Nero ruled from 54 to 68, focusing much of his attention on diplomacy, trade, and increasing the cultural capital of the empire.^ Nero 54-68 .

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^ (SFC, 6/18/02, p.A2) 68CE Jun 9, Nero (31), Roman Emperor (54-68), committed suicide.

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He ordered the building of theaters and promoted athletic games. .His reign included a successful war and negotiated peace with the Parthian Empire (58–63), the suppression of the British revolt (60–61) and improving relations with Greece.^ Nero's reign was not without military operations (e.g., the campaigns of Corbulo against the Parthians, the suppression of the revolt of Boudicca in Britain), but his neglect of the armies was a critical error.

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^ Envoys from Rome included the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus, whose lectures to the soldiers on the blessings of peace and the dangers of war were greeted with laughter and derision.

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^ Revolts broke out in Britain (60-61) and in Judaea (66-70).

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.The First Roman-Jewish War (66–70) started during his reign.^ Judean and Roman Wars 66-70 .

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^ Peter is first said to have been crucified upside down in Rome during Nero's reign (but not by Nero) in the apocryphal Acts of Peter (c.

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^ In the Jewish War the Israelites tried unsuccessfully to revolt against Roman rule.

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In 68 a military coup drove Nero from the throne. Facing assassination, he committed suicide on 9 June 68.^[2]

Nero's rule is often associated with tyranny and extravagance.^[3] .He is known for a number of executions, including those of his mother^[4] and stepbrother, and as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned",^[5] and as an early persecutor of Christians.^ The most famous story connected to Nero is that he "fiddled while Rome burned".

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^ (HN, 11/20/98) 270 cFeb 14, The early Christian martyr, St. Valentine, was beheaded by Emperor Claudius II, who executed another St. Valentine around the same time.

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^ Some of the featured groups I’m interviewing are those who have been run through the penal system (including those who are still in it.

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.This view is based upon the main surviving sources for Nero's reign—Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio.^ In the reign of Nero, his general, Suetonius Paulinus, attacked Mona or Anglesey, the chief seat of the Druids, and extirpated them with great cruelty.

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^ Boito elides the descriptions of his crimes that we find in Suetonius, Tacitus and Dio with the Sadean theatres of cruelty that they also disturbingly prefigure.

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^ Ancient Sources: Tacitus, Annales, Books 13-16; Suetonius, Nero; Dio Cassius, Roman History, Books 61-63; cf.

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Few surviving sources paint Nero in a favorable light.^[6] .Some sources, though, including some mentioned above, portray him as an emperor who was popular with the common Roman people, especially in the East.^ Nero was popular with many Romans, who enjoyed the gory spectacles he staged in his arenas.

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^ Yet some of the astrologers promised him, in his forlorn state, the rule of the East, and some in express words the kingdom of Jerusalem.

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^ He became the great Roman emperor (324-337) who adopted Christianity.

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^[7] .The study of Nero is problematic as some modern historians question the reliability of ancient sources when reporting on Nero's tyrannical acts.^ However, modern scholarship has emphasised that the ancient historians were dealing with a figure that had already passed from history into legend when they began their chronicles.

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^ Ancient Sources: Tacitus, Annales, Books 13-16; Suetonius, Nero; Dio Cassius, Roman History, Books 61-63; cf.

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^ My upbringing has lead me to many beliefs..and through my own studies some of my questions have been answered and others have not.

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^[8]

.Nero was born on 15 December, AD 37, in Antium, near Rome.^ Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, DBA the emperor Nero Antium, 12°38 E, 41°26.5 N December 15, A.D. 37, sunrise House division according to Porphyry's system (first extant description in Vettius Valens, about a century after Nero) .

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^ Apr 15, Leonardo da Vinci (d.1519), Italian painter, sculptor, scientist and visionary, was born in Vinci near Florence.

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^ (HN, 3/18/99) 37CE Dec 15, Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor of Rome who is blamed for the great fire of Rome, was born.

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^[9][10] .He was the only son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and second and third cousin Agrippina the Younger, sister of emperor Caligula.^ The elder became the wife of his son Hunneric; the younger, with her mother, was eventually surrendered to the emperor Leo.

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^ Thus the first, second, and third of the Ahenobarbi, we are told, were called Lucius, the next three in order Gnaeus, while all those that followed were called in turn first Lucius and then Gnaeus.

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^ Nero (37-68CE), son of Agrippina, succeeded his great uncle Claudius, who was murdered by his wife, as the new emperor of Rome.

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.Lucius' father was the grandson of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Aemilia Lepida through their son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.^ Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) was born (d.

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^ Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , also called ( AD 50–54) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus , original name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus .

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^ Nero's Early Life and Reign The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., generally thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor, secured for her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus the place as emperor which she had so carefully arranged.

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Gnaeus was a grandson to Mark Antony and Octavia Minor through their daughters Antonia Major and Antonia Minor, by each parent. With Octavia, he was the grandnephew of Caesar Augustus. .Nero's father had been employed as a praetor and was a member of Caligula's staff when the latter traveled to the East.^ She traveled to various cities, from Rome to London--the latter to visit her father.

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^[11] .Nero's father was described by Suetonius as a murderer and a cheat who was charged by emperor Tiberius with treason, adultery, and incest.^ After his father died, he was adopted by Emperor Tiberius .

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^ Just before the death of Tiberius he was also charged with treason, as well as with acts of adultery and incest with his sister Lepida, but escaped owing to the change of rulers and died of dropsy at Pyrgi, after acknowledging 12 Nero son of Agrippina, the daughter of Germanicus.

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^ Suetonius is in error here; it was the father of the tribune who defeated the Allobroges.

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^[11] Tiberius died, allowing him to escape these charges.^[11] .Nero's father died of edema (or "dropsy") in 39 AD when Nero was three.^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

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^ Nero Caesar died BEFORE AD 96 on June 9th, AD 68.

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.Lucius' mother was Agrippina the Younger, who was great-granddaughter to Caesar Augustus and his wife Scribonia through their daughter Julia the Elder and her husband Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.^ Mother: Agrippina the younger .

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^ After Pompey's wife (and Caesar's daughter) Julia died, their alliance was shattered.

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^ Nero's mother, Agrippina the younger, daughter of Germanicus and of Agrippina the elder, was assassinated at Nero's command in 60 a.d.

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.Agrippina's father, Germanicus, was grandson to Augustus's wife, Livia, on one side and to Mark Antony and Octavia on the other.^ Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus, the nephew of Tiberius and grandson of the wife of Augustus, was made emperor after Caligula.

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^ (RFH-MDHP, p.214) 32BC A Roman coin dating from this time bore the images of Cleopatra on one side and Marc Antony on the reverse.

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^ Nero became involved with the freedwoman Acte and resented his mother taking the side of his wife Octavia; Agrippina had to retire from the palace.

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.Germanicus' mother Antonia Minor, was a daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony.^ Nero's mother, Agrippina the younger, daughter of Germanicus and of Agrippina the elder, was assassinated at Nero's command in 60 a.d.

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Octavia was Augustus' second elder sister. Germanicus was also the adoptive son of Tiberius. .A number of ancient historians accuse Agrippina of murdering her third husband, emperor Claudius.^ Nero (37-68CE), son of Agrippina, succeeded his great uncle Claudius, who was murdered by his wife, as the new emperor of Rome.

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^ Trajan) 54CE Oct 13, Roman emperor Claudius I died, after being poisoned with mushrooms by his wife, Agrippina.

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^[12]

In the book "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars" the Roman historian Suetonius describes Nero as "about the average height, his body marked with spots and malodorous, his hair light blond, his features regular rather than attractive, his eyes blue and somewhat weak, his neck over thick, his belly prominent, and his legs very slender."^[13]

.Nero was not expected ever to become emperor because his maternal uncle, Caligula, had begun his reign at the age of 25 with ample time to produce his own heir.^ Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus, the nephew of Tiberius and grandson of the wife of Augustus, was made emperor after Caligula.

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^ On June 11 AD68, Emperor Nero died at a villa owned by one of his freedmen on the outskirts of Rome.

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^ Some suppose this to be spoken of the Roman emperor, and therefore Paul did not speak in plain words, because he would not incur the charge of calumny for having spoken evil of the Roman emperor: although he always expected that what he had said would be understood as applying to Nero."

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.Lucius' mother, Agrippina, lost favor with Caligula and was exiled in 39 after her husband's death.^ In their place that year appeared a counselor, Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus, who had been exiled in 39 A.D. by Caius (Caligula) for adultery with Agrippina, but who returned to find favor with Nero and a post for himself as praetorian prefect, from which position he exerted a further degenerating influence on Nero.

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^ Her mother was put to death by her father Claudius, who was poisoned by Agrippina (her stepmother and mother-in-law since she married her step-brother Nero).

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^[14] .Caligula seized Lucius's inheritance and sent him to be raised by his less wealthy aunt, Domitia Lepida, who was the mother of Valeria Messalina, Claudius's third wife.^ Appius Silanus, the former governor of Spain, was recalled to marry the mother of Claudius' wife Messalina; but when he refused to be Messalina's lover (according to Dio Cassius), Narcissus got him executed.

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^ If thou so will, mother, and hast confidence in the God of Peter, we will take him up and carry him thither that he may raise him up and restore him unto thee.

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^ Claudius was also greatly influenced by his wife Messalina, who along with the imperial freedmen sold citizenship rights for money.

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^[10]

.Caligula, his wife Caesonia and their infant daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered on January 24, 41.^[15] These events led Claudius, Caligula's uncle, to become emperor.^ On January 15 Otho was proclaimed Emperor as Galba was beheaded in the forum.

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^ [WUD says 37-93CE] (WUD, 1994, p.29) 41 Jan 24, Shortly after declaring himself a god, Gaius Caligula Germanicus, emperor from 37-41, was assassinated by two Praetorian tribunes.

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^ In 41 two officers of his praetorian guard killed him; his wife Caesonia, whom he had married after she bore him a daughter, was also killed along with the child.

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^[16] Claudius allowed Agrippina to return from exile.^[10]

.Claudius had married twice before marrying Valeria Messalina.^ Flagrant guilt requires audacity."1 Messalina agreed to marry Silius while Claudius was sacrificing at Ostia.

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^[17] His previous marriages produced three children including a son, Drusus, who died at a young age.^[18] He had two children with Messalina - Claudia Octavia (b. 40) and Britannicus (b. 41).^[18] .Messalina was executed by Claudius in the year 48.^[17] In 49, Claudius married a fourth time, to Agrippina.^ Then Pallas persuaded Claudius to marry his own niece Agrippina the same year.

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^ Eight years later in 49 Seneca was recalled to Rome by the new empress Agrippina to tutor her son Nero; the next year he was appointed praetor.

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^ Agrippina eliminated enemies with private trials and executions, aiming to have Nero supplant Claudius' son Britannicus, who, born in 41, was three years younger than Nero.

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^[18] .To aid Claudius politically, Lucius was officially adopted in 50 and renamed Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus (see adoption in Rome).^ Before his death, Claudius, though he already had a son Britannicus, had adopted Lucius, who changed his name to Nero Claudius Caesar, (a great-great-grandson of Augustus) at Agrippina's instigation; instrumental too in the transfer of power was the influence of Seneca, Nero's tutor, and of Sextus Afranius Burrus, the praetorian prefect.

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^ (HN, 3/18/99) 37CE Dec 15, Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor of Rome who is blamed for the great fire of Rome, was born.

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^ Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus, the nephew of Tiberius and grandson of the wife of Augustus, was made emperor after Caligula.

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^[19] Nero was older than his stepbrother, Britannicus, and became heir to the throne.^[20]

.Nero was proclaimed an adult in 51 at the age of 14.^[21] He was appointed proconsul, entered and first addressed the Senate, made joint public appearances with Claudius, and was featured in coinage.^ Nero snatching it from his hand read that he had been pronounced a public enemy by the senate, and that they were seeking him to punish in the ancient fashion; 150 and he asked what manner of punishment that was.

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^ Returning from Greece, since it was at Naples that he had made his first appearance, he entered that city with white horses through a part of the wall which had been thrown down, as is customary with victors in the sacred games.

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^ While the Senate debated whether to restore the republic, the praetorian guard made Claudius Emperor, encouraged by his promise of 15,000 sesterces for each guard.

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^[21] .In 53, he married his stepsister Claudia Octavia.^ In 53 Nero married Octavia, the daughter of Claudius.

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^[22]

.Claudius died in 54 and Nero was established as emperor.^ Nero's Early Life and Reign The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., generally thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor, secured for her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus the place as emperor which she had so carefully arranged.

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^ Dec 15] (MC, 2/15/02) 37 Mar 16, Tiberius Claudius Nero (78), Roman emperor (14-37), died on a trip to the Italian mainland from his home on Capreae.

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^ (HN, 3/18/99) 37CE Dec 15, Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor of Rome who is blamed for the great fire of Rome, was born.

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.Though accounts vary greatly, many ancient historians state Agrippina poisoned Claudius.^ As the health of Claudius deteriorated with drinking and gluttony, in 54 he was poisoned with mushrooms probably by Agrippina and her lover Pallas.

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^ Trajan) 54CE Oct 13, Roman emperor Claudius I died, after being poisoned with mushrooms by his wife, Agrippina.

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^ Her mother was put to death by her father Claudius, who was poisoned by Agrippina (her stepmother and mother-in-law since she married her step-brother Nero).

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^[12] .It is not known how much Nero knew or was involved in the death of Claudius.^ Her mother was put to death by her father Claudius, who was poisoned by Agrippina (her stepmother and mother-in-law since she married her step-brother Nero).

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^[23]

.Nero became emperor at 16, the youngest emperor up until that time.^ But when Claudius became emperor, Nero not only recovered his father's property, but was also enriched by an inheritance from his stepfather, Passienus Crispus.

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^ Date: 31 Jan 2009 Time: 04:47:04 Your Comments: nero!!!you are the most worst roman emperor....

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^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

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^[24] .Ancient historians describe Nero's early reign as being strongly influenced by his mother Agrippina, his tutor Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and the Praetorian Prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus, especially in the first year.^ Senator Annaeus Seneca was recalled from exile and became Nero's tutor.

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^ Before his death, Claudius, though he already had a son Britannicus, had adopted Lucius, who changed his name to Nero Claudius Caesar, (a great-great-grandson of Augustus) at Agrippina's instigation; instrumental too in the transfer of power was the influence of Seneca, Nero's tutor, and of Sextus Afranius Burrus, the praetorian prefect.

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^ In their place that year appeared a counselor, Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus, who had been exiled in 39 A.D. by Caius (Caligula) for adultery with Agrippina, but who returned to find favor with Nero and a post for himself as praetorian prefect, from which position he exerted a further degenerating influence on Nero.

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^[25] Other tutors were less often mentioned, such as Alexander of Aegae.^[26]

.Very early in Nero's rule, problems arose from competition for influence between Agrippina and Nero's two main advisers, Seneca and Burrus.^ When the military advisor Burrus died in 62, apparently unable to control Nero's crimes, Seneca decided to request retirement.

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^ Since Nero was only an adolescent, the early part of his reign was characterized by direction from these older figures, including Agrippina herself.

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^ She got Burrus appointed commander of the praetorian guard, and two years later her son Nero was adopted by the Emperor.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

.In 54, Agrippina tried to sit down next to Nero while he met with an Armenian envoy, but Seneca stopped her and prevented a scandalous scene.^ Poppaea became Nero's mistress in 58 A.D., and the next year Agrippina herself was murdered, with Nero's knowledge.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Eight years later in 49 Seneca was recalled to Rome by the new empress Agrippina to tutor her son Nero; the next year he was appointed praetor.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ He had asked Seneca how he could stop his mental vacillations that prevent tranquillity.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[27] .Nero's personal friends also mistrusted Agrippina and told Nero to beware of his mother.^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The play is set in 62, three years after Nero has murdered his mother Agrippina.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero became involved with the freedwoman Acte and resented his mother taking the side of his wife Octavia; Agrippina had to retire from the palace.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[28] .Nero was reportedly unsatisfied with his marriage to Octavia and entered into an affair with Claudia Acte, a former slave.^ After the murder of his wife, Octavia, Nero descended deep into a religious delirium.

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^[29] In 55, Agrippina attempted to intervene in favor of Octavia and demanded that her son dismiss Acte. .Nero, with the support of Seneca, resisted the intervention of his mother in his personal affairs.^ Did Seneca regret having been complicit in Nero's murder of his mother?

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[30]

.With Agrippina's influence over her son severed, she reportedly began pushing for Britannicus, Nero's stepbrother, to become emperor.^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Eight years later in 49 Seneca was recalled to Rome by the new empress Agrippina to tutor her son Nero; the next year he was appointed praetor.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero's Early Life and Reign The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., generally thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor, secured for her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus the place as emperor which she had so carefully arranged.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[30] Nearly fifteen-year-old Britannicus, heir-designate prior to Nero's adoption, was still legally a minor, but was approaching legal adulthood.^[30] .According to Tacitus, Agrippina hoped that with her support, Britannicus, being the blood son of Claudius, would be seen as the true heir to the throne by the state over Nero.^ Claudius was deified, and Nero could claim he was the son of a god.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero's Early Life and Reign The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., generally thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor, secured for her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus the place as emperor which she had so carefully arranged.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Before his death, Claudius, though he already had a son Britannicus, had adopted Lucius, who changed his name to Nero Claudius Caesar, (a great-great-grandson of Augustus) at Agrippina's instigation; instrumental too in the transfer of power was the influence of Seneca, Nero's tutor, and of Sextus Afranius Burrus, the praetorian prefect.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[30] .However, the youth died suddenly and suspiciously on 12 February, 55, the very day before his proclamation as an adult had been set.^ As I said before, in my own public policy, I'm very suspicious of religious certainty expressing itself in politics.

• Obama's Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani - Steven Waldman 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC blog.beliefnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ This very sinful man who died before AD 96 was a KING in the Roman Empire as per Daniel 7:24.

• Obama's Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani - Steven Waldman 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC blog.beliefnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[31] .Nero claimed that Britannicus died from an epileptic seizure, but ancient historians all claim Britannicus' death came from Nero's poisoning him.^ While earlier emperors were proclaimed deities upon their deaths, Nero abandons all reserve and demanded divine honors while still alive (as did also Caligula before him, AD 37-41).

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The historians of antiquity present Nero’s death as a morally apt conclusion to a life synonymous with tyranny, libertinage and excess.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Her mother was put to death by her father Claudius, who was poisoned by Agrippina (her stepmother and mother-in-law since she married her step-brother Nero).

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[32] .After the death of Britannicus, Agrippina was accused of slandering Octavia and Nero ordered her out of the imperial residence.^ A mob has gathered on Octavia's behalf, and Nero orders it tamed by suffering oppression.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero became involved with the freedwoman Acte and resented his mother taking the side of his wife Octavia; Agrippina had to retire from the palace.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Her brother Britannicus was ordered killed by her husband Nero.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[33]

.Over time, Nero became progressively more powerful, freeing himself of his advisers and eliminating rivals to the throne.^ Nero became more tyrannical, and Tigellinus was ordered to track down suspects.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Augustus, however, had not been much older when he began his bid for power, and so a great deal of the responsibility for Nero's conduct must also rest with the man himself.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero had the city rebuilt in a more ordered pattern, but he also planned extravagant gardens, palaces, and an enormous statue of himself.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

In 55, he removed Marcus Antonius Pallas, an ally of Agrippina, from his position in the treasury.^[30] Pallas, along with Burrus, was accused of conspiring against the emperor to bring Faustus Sulla to the throne.^[34] Seneca was accused of having relations with Agrippina and embezzlement.^[35] .Seneca succeeded in having himself, Pallas and Burrus acquitted.^ According to Tacitus, Burrus and Seneca prevented other murders; disliking rule by a woman, they gained control by replacing Pallas.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[35] .According to Cassius Dio, at this time, Seneca and Burrus reduced their role in governing from careful management to mere moderation of Nero.^ As Dio says (62.24) "they desired at the same time to be rid of these evils and to give Nero his release from them.

• Suetonius • Life of Nero 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC penelope.uchicago.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ According to Tacitus, Burrus and Seneca prevented other murders; disliking rule by a woman, they gained control by replacing Pallas.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[36]

.In 58, Nero became romantically involved with Poppaea Sabina, the wife of his friend and future emperor Otho.^ When Nero became involved with Poppaea Sabina, he had her husband Otho sent to Lusitania as governor.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ But we have no reason for impeaching Tacitus' accuracy in this case, especially since we remember that the Jews enjoyed favor with Nero through his wife Poppaea.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Poppaea became Nero's mistress in 58 A.D., and the next year Agrippina herself was murdered, with Nero's knowledge.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[37] .Reportedly because a marriage to Poppaea and a divorce from Octavia did not seem politically feasible with Agrippina alive, Nero ordered the murder of his mother in 59.^[38] A number of modern historians find this an unlikely motive as Nero did not marry Poppaea until 62.^[39] Additionally, according to Suetonius, Poppaea did not divorce her husband until after Agrippina's death, making it unlikely that the already married Poppaea would be pressing Nero for marriage.^ Did Seneca regret having been complicit in Nero's murder of his mother?

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ (NGM, 5/77) 62 CE Nero murdered his wife Octavia.

• Timeline Romans 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC timelines.ws [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[40] .Some modern historians theorize that Nero's execution of Agrippina was prompted by her plotting to set Rubellius Plautus on the throne.^ The play is set in 62, three years after Nero has murdered his mother Agrippina.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Tigellinus gained power by appealing to Nero's vices; aristocrats, such as Cornelius Sulla in Gaul and Rubellius Plautus in Asia, were soon being executed.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[41] .According to Suetonius, Nero tried to kill his mother through a planned shipwreck, which took the life of her friend, Acerronia Polla, but when Agrippina survived, he had her executed and framed it as a suicide.^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Then 960 people killed each other in a suicide pact; only two women and five children survived.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Although his two brothers and mother were killed, Caligula managed to survive by joining in the perversions of the Emperor at Capri for six years.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[42] The incident is also recorded by Tacitus.^[43]

.In 62 Nero's adviser, Burrus, died.^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ When the military advisor Burrus died in 62, apparently unable to control Nero's crimes, Seneca decided to request retirement.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[44] Additionally, Seneca was again faced with embezzlement charges.^[45] .Seneca asked Nero for permission to retire from public affairs.^ Nero snatching it from his hand read that he had been pronounced a public enemy by the senate, and that they were seeking him to punish in the ancient fashion; 150 and he asked what manner of punishment that was.

• Suetonius • Life of Nero 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC penelope.uchicago.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Seneca asks if this is just treatment; but Nero replies that justice is for those who have no need to fear.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[46] .Nero divorced and banished Octavia on grounds of infertility, leaving him free to marry the pregnant Poppaea.^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ In 53 Nero married Octavia, the daughter of Claudius.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ His wife Octavia must die so that he can marry the beautiful Poppaea.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[47] .After public protests, Nero was forced to allow Octavia to return from exile,^[47] but she was executed shortly after her return.^ After Secundus was murdered by his slaves in 61, the law allowed the execution of 400 slaves in his palace, although the urban commoners protested.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[48] .Nero also was reported to have kicked Poppaea to death in 65 before she could have his second child.^ Poppaea herself died from the effects of a kick given her by Nero while she was with child."

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Before his death the next year the novelist Petronius wrote out a list of Nero's male and female bed partners.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[49] .However, modern historians, noting Suetonius, Tacitus and Cassius Dio's possible bias against Nero and the likelihood that they did not have eyewitness accounts of private events, postulate that Poppaea may have died because of complications of miscarriage or childbirth.^ However, modern scholarship has emphasised that the ancient historians were dealing with a figure that had already passed from history into legend when they began their chronicles.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ As Dio says (62.24) "they desired at the same time to be rid of these evils and to give Nero his release from them.

• Suetonius • Life of Nero 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC penelope.uchicago.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[50]

.Accusations of treason being plotted against Nero and the Senate first appeared in 62.^[51] The Senate ruled that Antistius, a praetor, should be put to death for speaking ill of Nero at a party.^ Nero’s death brought to an end the Julio-Claudian dynasty that had ruled Rome since Augustus, and its replacement required justification.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Governors should be selected by merit rather than by lot, making sure they speak the language and have affinity with the people they rule.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ When Emperor Nero was eighteen, he signed his first death warrant, commenting that he wished he had never learned to write.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

.Later, Nero ordered the exile of Fabricius Veiento who slandered the Senate in a book.^ Nero’s symbiotic relationship with his mother, who is determined to keep him under her thumb in order to rule through him, is the fulcrum around which the opera swings.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[52] .Tacitus writes that the roots of the conspiracy led by Gaius Calpurnius Piso began in this year.^ In 65 Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against Nero; 18 of the 41 prominent Romans implicated in the plot perished.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The next year he joined the conspiracy of Calpurnius to overthrow Nero and was forced to commit suicide at age 25 along with his father and his uncles Seneca and Gallio.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

.To consolidate power, Nero executed a number of people in 62 and 63 including his rivals Pallas, Rubellius Plautus and Faustus Sulla.^ Nero enters requesting the decapitated heads of banished Plautus and Sulla.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Tigellinus gained power by appealing to Nero's vices; aristocrats, such as Cornelius Sulla in Gaul and Rubellius Plautus in Asia, were soon being executed.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[53] .According to Suetonius, Nero "showed neither discrimination nor moderation in putting to death whomsoever he pleased" during this period.^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The prefect reports the mob is put down; but Nero is not satisfied with the deaths of only the ringleaders.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Her mother was put to death by her father Claudius, who was poisoned by Agrippina (her stepmother and mother-in-law since she married her step-brother Nero).

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[54]

Nero's consolidation of power also included a slow usurping of authority from the Senate. .In 54, Nero promised to give the Senate powers equivalent to those under Republican rule.^ Nero’s symbiotic relationship with his mother, who is determined to keep him under her thumb in order to rule through him, is the fulcrum around which the opera swings.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[55] .By 65, senators complained that they had no power left and this led to the Pisonian conspiracy.^ Before they fled, the senators gave the consuls war powers.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ But they may, perhaps, have meant no more than to express the identity of his character and his power with that of Satan.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ In 65 Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against Nero; 18 of the 41 prominent Romans implicated in the plot perished.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[56]

Over the course of his reign, Nero often made rulings that pleased the lower class. Nero was criticised as being obsessed with being popular.^[57]

Nero began his reign in 54 by promising the Senate more autonomy.^[55] .In this first year, he forbade others to refer to him with regard to enactments, for which he was praised by the Senate.^ Ephraem Syrus, A.D. 370, Theodoret, A.D. 430, and a few other writers, seem to have regarded the Antichrist as the devil himself, rather than as his minister or an emanation from him.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^[58] Nero was known for spending his time visiting brothels and taverns during this period.^[58]

In 55, Nero began taking on a more active role as an administrator. .He was consul four times between 55 and 60. During this period, some ancient historians speak fairly well of Nero and contrast it with his later rule.^ And the witty jest that some made is still current, that it would have been well for the world if Nero’s father Domitius had had that kind of wife.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ (SFEC, 7/13/97, p.T12) 600-290BCE The Samnites, an Oscan-speaking people, controlled the area of south central Italy during this period.

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^ (SFC, 11/10/00, p.A14) 110 Million A well preserved baby fossil of the therapod Scipionyx from this time was later found in Italy.

• Timeline Italy 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC timelines.ws [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[59]

Under Nero, restrictions were put on the amount of bail and fines.^[60] Also, fees for lawyers were limited.^[61] There was a discussion in the Senate on the misconduct of the freedmen class, and a strong demand was made that patrons should have the right of revoking freedom.^[62] Nero supported the freedmen and ruled that patrons had no such right.^[63] .The Senate tried to pass a law in which the crimes of one slave applied to all slaves within a household.^ (NG, 6/1988, p.739) 287BCE In Rome the plebeians passed a law that allowed the decisions of the assembly to override the Senate.

• Timeline Italy 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC timelines.ws [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Oh, and according to Jesus's definition of the Law, we've ALL broken the Ten Commandments in one way or another.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Claudius tried to improve the quality of senators and knights by adding new ones and removing others.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

Nero vetoed the measure.^[64] .After tax collectors were accused of being too harsh to the poor, Nero transferred collection authority to lower commissioners.^ Raquel, A Tax-Collecting Messiah David T wrote: Raquel, I just found out today from your show that you are a tax collector.

• Lettersto666 15 September 2009 23:41 UTC www.666ismoney.com [Source type: Original source]

^[60] .Nero banned any magistrate or procurator from exhibiting public entertainment for fear that the venue was being used as a method to sway the populace.^ Spectacles of Christians being thrown to dogs (or lions) or used as burning torches aroused sympathy from many people and increased Nero's unpopularity.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[65] .Additionally, there were many impeachments and removals of government officials along with arrests for extortion and corruption.^ After the US government arrested Pickard & Apperson in Kansas a few years ago and sentenced them to LIFE in prison, there has been a worldwide LSD drought.

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^[66] .When further complaints arose that the poor were being overly taxed, Nero attempted to repeal all indirect taxes.^ Nero suffers DAMNATIO MEMORIAE and rescission of all his acta (Judicial decisions are all wiped from the books, the abolition of taxes for Greece is invalid, Sept.

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero reduced taxes and gave slaves permission to file civil complaints against unjust masters.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Nero even tried to promote free trade by removing indirect taxes, but this proved too difficult.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[67] The Senate convinced him this action would bankrupt the public treasury.^[67] As a compromise, taxes were cut from 4.5% to 2.5%.^[68] Additionally, secret government tax records were ordered to become public.^[68] To lower the cost of food imports, merchant ships were declared tax-exempt.^[68]

In imitation of the Greeks, Nero built a number of gymnasiums and theatres.^[69] Enormous gladiatorial shows were also held.^[70] Nero also established the quinquennial Neronia.^[69][70] The festival included games, poetry and theater. Historians indicate that there was a belief that theatre led to immorality.^[69] Others considered that to have performers dressed in Greek clothing was old fashioned.^[71] Some questioned the large public expenditure on entertainment.^[71]

.In 64, Rome burned.^ In 64 a fire broke out and burned more than half of Rome in a week.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[72] Nero enacted a public relief effort^[72] as well as significant reconstruction.^[73] .A number of other major construction projects occurred in Nero's late reign.^ "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."

• Emperor Nero, The Beast  |  Study Archive  28 January 2010 0:33 UTC preteristarchive.com [Source type: Original source]

Nero had the marshes of Ostia filled with rubble from the fire. He erected the large Domus Aurea.^[74] .In 67, Nero attempted to have a canal dug at the Isthmus of Corinth.^ At Corinth he announced Greek immunity from taxation while planning a canal through the isthmus.

• Roman Decadence 37-96 by Sanderson Beck 28 January 2010 0:33 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

^[75] Ancient historians state that these projects and others exacerbated the drain on the State's budget.^[76]

The economic policy of Nero is a point of debate among scholars. .According to ancient historians, Nero's construction projects were overly extravagant and the large number of expenditures under Nero left Italy "thoroughly exhausted by contributions of money" with "the provinces ruined."^ To raise money for these projects and for an ambitious and impractical canal from Ostia to Lake Avernus, Nero increased taxes and even put to death six large landowners in Africa.

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^ The cathedral had been under construction for 125 years and was designed to be capped by the largest dome since the golden age of ancient Rome.

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^ On his departure he presented the entire province with freedom 72 and at the same time gave the judges Roman citizenship p127 and a large sum of money.

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^[77][78] .Modern historians, though, note that the period was riddled with deflation and that it is likely that Nero's spending came in the form of public works projects and charity intended to ease economic troubles.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^[79]

.The Great Fire of Rome erupted on the night of 18 July to 19 July, AD 64. The fire started at the southeastern end of the Circus Maximus in shops selling flammable goods.^ This is very interesting since the evil city of the End-Times is called “BABYLON” 6 times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21.

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^ Mark.” Apparently some Christians including Peter were inspired to call ROME “BABYLON” after Nero’s terrible persecution of Christians starting in AD 64.

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^ July, 64 A.D. - The Great Fire of Rome - PBS "Though the infamous emperor Nero ruled Rome for less than two decades, his reign witnessed tremendous changes to the empire's capital city.

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^[72]

The extent of the fire is uncertain. .According to Tacitus, who was nine at the time of the fire, it spread quickly and burned for over five days.^ God hath avenged you on her: she shall be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.'

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^[80] It completely destroyed three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaged seven.^[80] .The only other historian who lived through the period and mentioned the fire is Pliny the Elder, who wrote about it in passing.^ Only the king who provides security to others is secure.

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^[81] .Other historians who lived through the period (including Josephus, Dio Chrysostom, Plutarch, and Epictetus) make no mention of it.^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

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^ Some of the featured groups I’m interviewing are those who have been run through the penal system (including those who are still in it.

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^ The Sanhedrin appointed as governor of Galilee the historian Flavius Josephus, who was born in Jerusalem in 38 and in 64 had gained the friendship of Nero's wife Poppaea in Rome.

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It is uncertain who or what actually caused the fire — whether accident or arson.^[72] .Suetonius and Cassius Dio favor Nero as the arsonist, so he could build a palatial complex.^ Ancient Sources: Tacitus, Annales, Books 13-16; Suetonius, Nero; Dio Cassius, Roman History, Books 61-63; cf.

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^ Yet the historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius described his behavior as outdoing the many evils of Caligula.

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.It is also said that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned.^ The most famous story connected to Nero is that he "fiddled while Rome burned".

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^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

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^[82] Tacitus mentions that Christians confessed to the crime, but it is not known whether these confessions were induced by torture.^[83] However, fires started accidentally were common in ancient Rome.^[84] In fact, Rome suffered another large fire in 69^[85] and in 80.^[86]

.It was said by Suetonius and Cassius Dio that Nero sang the "Sack of Ilium" in stage costume while the city burned.^ So the Roman soldiers burned and sacked the city.

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^ Viewing the conflagration from the tower of Maecenas 121 and exulting, as he said, in "the beauty of the flames," he sang the whole of the "Sack of Ilium," 122 in his regular stage costume.

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^ Nero returned from Antium and attempted to relieve the homeless, but a rumor spread that he sang his poem on the sacking of Troy.

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^[87] .Popular legend claims that Nero played the fiddle at the time of the fire, an anachronism based merely on the concept of the lyre, a stringed instrument associated with Nero and his performances.^ Megalomaniac that he was, Nero had coins minted in which he was called “almighty God” and “Savior.” Nero’s portrait also appears on coins as the god Apollo playing a lyre.

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(There were no fiddles in 1st-century Rome.) Tacitus's account, however, has Nero in Antium at the time of the fire.^[88] .Tacitus also said that Nero playing his lyre and singing while the city burned was only rumor.^ Nero's Marriage and the Burning of Rome Poppaea and Nero married in 62 A.D., and she bore a daughter to him the next year, but the child died only a few months later.

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^ Megalomaniac that he was, Nero had coins minted in which he was called “almighty God” and “Savior.” Nero’s portrait also appears on coins as the god Apollo playing a lyre.

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^ For he said that there were two thousand three hundred days from the time that the abomination of Nero stood in the holy city, till its destruction.

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^[88]

.According to Tacitus, upon hearing news of the fire, Nero returned to Rome to organize a relief effort, which he paid for from his own funds.^ On June 11 AD68, Emperor Nero died at a villa owned by one of his freedmen on the outskirts of Rome.

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^ To counter rumors that Nero ordered the blaze so that he could rebuild and name a new city after himself, the fire was blamed on the unpopular Christians, whose secret rituals many misunderstood, resulting in the persecution of innocent people in Rome.

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^ Nero did not return to Rome until 68 to find the city suffering a grain shortage.

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^[88] .After the fire, Nero opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, and arranged for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors.^ He eventually sheltered the homeless, however, and rebuilt the city taking measures against fire.

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^ Nero had the city rebuilt in a more ordered pattern, but he also planned extravagant gardens, palaces, and an enormous statue of himself.

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^[88] In the wake of the fire, he made a new urban development plan. Houses after the fire were spaced out, built in brick, and faced by porticos on wide roads.^[73] Nero also built a new palace complex known as the Domus Aurea in an area cleared by the fire. .This included lush artificial landscapes and a 30 meter statue of himself, the Colossus of Nero.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ Nero had the city rebuilt in a more ordered pattern, but he also planned extravagant gardens, palaces, and an enormous statue of himself.

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^[74] The size of this complex is debated (from 100 to 300 acres).^[89][90][91] To find the necessary funds for the reconstruction, tributes were imposed on the provinces of the empire.^[92]

According to Tacitus, the population searched for a scapegoat and rumors held Nero responsible.^[83] To deflect blame, Nero targeted Christians. .He ordered Christians to be thrown to dogs, while others were crucified and burned.^ Spectacles of Christians being thrown to dogs (or lions) or used as burning torches aroused sympathy from many people and increased Nero's unpopularity.

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^[83]

Tacitus described the event:

.Nero enjoyed driving a one-horse chariot, singing to the lyre and poetry.^ Since Seneca criticized Nero's amusements in charioteering and singing, they argued the Emperor no longer needed a tutor.

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^[94] He even composed songs that were performed by other entertainers throughout the empire.^[95] At first, Nero only performed for a private audience.^[96]

In 64, Nero began singing in public in Neapolis in order to improve his popularity.^[96] He also sang at the second quinquennial Neronia in 65.^[97] It was said that Nero craved the attention,^[98] but historians also write that Nero was encouraged to sing and perform in public by the Senate, his inner circle and the people.^[99] Ancient historians strongly criticize his choice to perform, calling it shameful.^[100]

Nero was convinced to participate in the Olympic Games of 67 in order to improve relations with Greece and display Roman dominance.^[101] .As a competitor, Nero raced a ten-horse chariot and nearly died after being thrown from it.^ Spectacles of Christians being thrown to dogs (or lions) or used as burning torches aroused sympathy from many people and increased Nero's unpopularity.

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^[102] He also performed as an actor and a singer.^[103] .Though Nero faltered in his racing (in one case, dropping out entirely before the end) and acting competitions,^[102] he won these crowns nevertheless and paraded them when he returned to Rome.^ Nero is recorded as one of the worst Emperors that Rome endured.

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^ Before his death the next year the novelist Petronius wrote out a list of Nero's male and female bed partners.

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^ On June 11 AD68, Emperor Nero died at a villa owned by one of his freedmen on the outskirts of Rome.

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^[102] The victories are attributed to Nero bribing the judges and his status as emperor.^[104]

.Shortly after Nero's accession to the throne in 55, the Roman vassal kingdom of Armenia overthrew their prince Rhadamistus and he was replaced with the Parthian prince Tiridates.^ A winter epidemic forced the Parthians to withdraw from Armenia, allowing Radamistus to come back and punish people as traitors; but they soon replaced him with his brother Tiridates.

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^ In Asia Roman general Domitius Corbulo captured and burned Artaxata and in 59 drove Tiridates out of Armenia, establishing Tigranes on the throne there.

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^ Paetus was dismissed, and Corbulo negotiated a treaty recognizing as king of Armenia the Parthian Tiridates.

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^[105] This was seen as a Parthian invasion of Roman territory.^[105] There was concern in Rome over how the young emperor would handle the situation.^[106] Nero reacted by immediately sending the military to the region under the command of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.^[107] The Parthians temporarily relinquished control of Armenia to Rome.^[108]

.The peace did not last and full-scale war broke out in 58. The Parthian king Vologases I refused to remove his brother Tiridates from Armenia.^ A winter epidemic forced the Parthians to withdraw from Armenia, allowing Radamistus to come back and punish people as traitors; but they soon replaced him with his brother Tiridates.

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^ BCE War broke out between Carthage and Rome.

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^ The Dacian war led by Decebalus in Moesia broke out in 85 and was not ended until 88 when two legions at Moguntiacum led by Antonius Saturninus also revolted.

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^[109] The Parthians began a full-scale invasion of the Armenian kingdom.^[37] .Commander Corbulo responded and repelled most of the Parthian army that same year.^ Nero's reign was not without military operations (e.g., the campaigns of Corbulo against the Parthians, the suppression of the revolt of Boudicca in Britain), but his neglect of the armies was a critical error.

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^ In 66 Tiridates was ostentatiously crowned by Nero in Rome, and the same year he ordered his best general Corbulo to commit suicide.

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^ Nero sent an army under consul Caesennius Paetus, but in 62 he foolishly surrendered his forces to the Parthians at Rhandeia even though Corbulo was nearby.

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^[110] Tiridates retreated and Rome again controlled most of Armenia.^[110]

Nero was acclaimed in public for this initial victory.^[111] .Tigranes, a Cappadocian noble raised in Rome, was installed by Nero as the new ruler of Armenia.^ Caligula established the kingdoms of Lesser Armenia, Pontus, and part of Thrace for the three sons of Cotys he had been raised with at Rome.

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^ Eight years later in 49 Seneca was recalled to Rome by the new empress Agrippina to tutor her son Nero; the next year he was appointed praetor.

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^[112] .Corbulo was appointed governor of Syria as a reward.^ Corbulo was appointed governor of Syria.

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^[112]

In 62, Tigranes invaded the Parthian province of Adiabene.^[113] .Again, Rome and Parthia were at war and this continued until 63. Parthia began building up for a strike against the Roman province of Syria.^ Garibaldi, his wife and some 4,700 men left Rome with the intent to fight a guerrilla war against Austria.

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^ BCE Rome completed its domination of the entire Italian peninsula and began its pursuit of a larger empire that resulted in a series of wars with other nations.

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^ When the soldiers refuse to strike the sacred trunks, Caesar himself takes up the ax until the soldiers fear him more than the gods.

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^[114] Corbulo tried to convince Nero to continue the war, but Nero opted for a peace deal instead.^[115] .There was anxiety in Rome about eastern grain supplies and a budget deficit.^ In "On the Shortness of Life" Seneca addressed Paulinus, who was in charge of Rome's grain supply.

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^[116]

.The result was a deal where Tiridates again became the Armenian king, but was crowned in Rome by emperor Nero.^ In 66 Tiridates was ostentatiously crowned by Nero in Rome, and the same year he ordered his best general Corbulo to commit suicide.

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^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

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^ (SFEC, 3/30/97, p.T7) 1133 Jun 4, In Rome Pope Innocentius II crowned German King Lothair II as emperor at the Church of the Lateran.

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^[117] .In the future, the king of Armenia was to be a Parthian prince, but his appointment required approval from the Romans.^ Paetus was dismissed, and Corbulo negotiated a treaty recognizing as king of Armenia the Parthian Tiridates.

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Tiridates was forced to come to Rome and partake in ceremonies meant to display Roman dominance.^[72][118]

This peace deal of 63 was a considerable victory for Nero politically.^[119] Nero became very popular in the eastern provinces of Rome and with the Parthians as well.^[119] The peace between Parthia and Rome lasted 50 years until emperor Trajan of Rome invaded Armenia in 114.

.The war with Parthia was not Nero's only major war but he was both criticized and praised for an aversion to battle.^ I’m not praising Hitler, only pointing out that he got slandered, that Stalin really won the war and Hitler had some good ideas.

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^ In a major battle the Romans led by Agricola killed about 10,000 Britons while losing only 360 men.

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^[120] .Like many emperors, Nero faced a number of rebellions and power struggles within the empire.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple.

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In 60, a major rebellion broke out in the province of Britannia.^[121] .While the governor Gaius Suetonius Paullinus and his troops were busy capturing the island of Mona (Anglesey) from the druids, the tribes of the south-east staged a revolt led by queen Boudica of the Iceni.^ In Babylon the great beauty of Callirhoe even captivates the great king; but Chaereas joins an Egyptian revolt against the Persian empire and captures her and the Persian queen.

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^ In 59 Suetonius Paulinus attacked the hostile Druid center at Mona.

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^ The Mauretanian revolt was put down by forces led by Suetonius Paulinus in 41-42 and then by Hosidius Geta in 44, resulting in it becoming two provinces.

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^[122] .Boudica and her troops destroyed three cities before the army of Paullinus was able to return, be reinforced and put down the rebellion in 61.^[123] Fearing Paullinus himself would provoke further rebellion, Nero replaced him with the more passive Publius Petronius Turpilianus.^ Nero expressed gratitude to his tutor and hoped for his continued counsel, fearing his retirement would make him seem mean.

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^ Nero became more tyrannical, and Tigellinus was ordered to track down suspects.

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^ The prefect reports the mob is put down; but Nero is not satisfied with the deaths of only the ringleaders.

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^[124]

.In 65, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, a Roman statesman, organized a conspiracy against Nero with the help of Subrius Flavus and Sulpicius Asper, a tribune and a centurion of the Praetorian Guard.^ Otho promised the praetorian guard the usual money and ordered a troop of cavalry to kill Galba and Piso.

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^ She got Burrus appointed commander of the praetorian guard, and two years later her son Nero was adopted by the Emperor.

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^ Nero was supported by praetorian prefect Burrus and confirmed the guard by giving each man 15,000 sesterces.

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^[125] .According to Tacitus, many conspirators wished to "rescue the state" from the emperor and restore the Republic.^ While the Senate debated whether to restore the republic, the praetorian guard made Claudius Emperor, encouraged by his promise of 15,000 sesterces for each guard.

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^[126] The freedman Milichus discovered the conspiracy and reported it to Nero's secretary, Epaphroditos.^[127] .As a result, the conspiracy failed and its members were executed including Lucan, the poet.^ After the conspiracy of the ambitious Nymphidius failed, Galba ordered his supporters executed without a hearing.

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^[128] .Nero's previous advisor, Seneca was ordered to commit suicide after admitting he discussed the plot with the conspirators.^ In 66 Tiridates was ostentatiously crowned by Nero in Rome, and the same year he ordered his best general Corbulo to commit suicide.

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^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

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^ When his governor Petronius balked at this, he ordered him to commit suicide; but news of Caligula's death arrived before that message.

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^[129]

In 66, there was a Jewish revolt in Judea stemming from Greek and Jewish religious tension.^[130] In 67, Nero dispatched Vespasian to restore order.^[131] .This revolt was eventually put down in 70, after Nero's death.^ The prefect reports the mob is put down; but Nero is not satisfied with the deaths of only the ringleaders.

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^ Seneca suggests clemency, but Nero prefers putting enemies down.

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^ The Mauretanian revolt was put down by forces led by Suetonius Paulinus in 41-42 and then by Hosidius Geta in 44, resulting in it becoming two provinces.

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^[132] .This revolt is famous for Romans breaching the walls of Jerusalem and destroying the Second Temple of Jerusalem.^ In three days the Roman army built a wall around Jerusalem to force them to surrender.

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^ Factional fighting in Jerusalem between John's Zealots and Simon's army burned down all the buildings around the Temple and destroyed most of the stored grain.

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^ Ancient Babylon Had destroyed God's Holy Temple and God's Holy City, Jerusalem; and killed, exiled and persecuted God's people for 70 years.

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^[133]

.In March 68, Gaius Julius Vindex, the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, rebelled against Nero's tax policies.^ Nevertheless the Emperor, preferring to perform rather than rule, went to Greek Naples, where he learned that Gaul's Lugdunensis (Lyons) governor Julius Vindex had raised 100,000 men in revolt.

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^ Nero reduced taxes and gave slaves permission to file civil complaints against unjust masters.

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^[134][135] .Lucius Verginius Rufus, the governor of Germania Superior, was ordered to put down Vindex's rebellion.^ However, the German legate Verginius Rufus defeated Vindex at Vesontio (Besançon), and Vindex committed suicide.

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^[136] .In an attempt to gain support from outside his own province, Vindex called upon Servius Sulpicius Galba, the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, to join the rebellion and further, to declare himself emperor in opposition to Nero.^ Hispania Tarraconensis governor Servius Sulpicius Galba, having discovered Nero's secret orders for his assassination, changed his loyalty from Nero to the Senate and people of Rome and was supported by Lusitanian governor Otho and Baetica quaestor Caecina.

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^ A new official called the iuridicus took over civilian jurisdiction from the governor in some of the larger provinces.

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^ News of Nero's death and his appointment by the Senate as Emperor reached Galba in Spain, which he had governed for eight years.

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^[137] .At the Battle of Vesontio in May 68, Verginius' forces easily defeated those of Vindex and the latter committed suicide.^ However, the German legate Verginius Rufus defeated Vindex at Vesontio (Besançon), and Vindex committed suicide.

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^ Nero Caesar committed suicide with a sword wound to his head on June 9th, AD 68.

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^ Apr 11, The forces of the Holy League were heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna.

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^[136] However after putting down this one rebel, Verginius' legions attempted to proclaim their own commander as emperor. .Verginius refused to act against Nero, but the discontent of the legions of Germany and the continued opposition of Galba in Spain did not bode well for Nero.^ News of Nero's death and his appointment by the Senate as Emperor reached Galba in Spain, which he had governed for eight years.

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^ On the first day of 69 CE legions in Upper Germany led by Caecina refused to renew their oaths of loyalty to Galba.

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.While Nero had retained some control of the situation, support for Galba increased despite his being officially declared a public enemy.^ The Senate declared Nero an enemy of Rome, and he was soon killed.

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^ Spectacles of Christians being thrown to dogs (or lions) or used as burning torches aroused sympathy from many people and increased Nero's unpopularity.

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.The prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus, also abandoned his allegiance to the emperor and came out in support for Galba.^ In Rome Tigellinus fled, and the other praetorian prefect Nymphidius Sabinus offered the guards 30,000 sesterces each to support the Senate and proclaim Galba Emperor.

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^ Otho promised the praetorian guard the usual money and ordered a troop of cavalry to kill Galba and Piso.

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^ She got Burrus appointed commander of the praetorian guard, and two years later her son Nero was adopted by the Emperor.

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.In response, Nero fled Rome with the intention of going to the port of Ostia and from there to take a fleet to one of the still-loyal eastern provinces.^ I used to go to Transsexual meetings 15 years ago in the Metropolitan Church on Mountain (I think it’ s still there).

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^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ I’m never going to miss one of their shows (there’s one in Phoenix but I won’t be able to attend because of schedule conflict.

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However he abandoned the idea when some army officers openly refused to obey his commands, responding with a line from Vergil's Aeneid: "Is it so dreadful a thing then to die?" Nero then toyed with the idea of fleeing to Parthia, throwing himself upon the mercy of Galba, or to appeal to the people and beg them to pardon him for his past offences "and if he could not soften their hearts, to entreat them at least to allow him the prefecture of Egypt". Suetonius reports that the text of this speech was later found in Nero's writing desk, but that he dared not give it from fear of being torn to pieces before he could reach the Forum.^[138]

.Nero returned to Rome and spent the evening in the palace.^ Nero did not return to Rome until 68 to find the city suffering a grain shortage.

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^ He left Florence in 1534, hoping to return, but spent his last years in Rome.

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After sleeping, he awoke at about midnight to find the palace guard had left. Dispatching messages to his friends' palace chambers for them to come, none replied. Upon going to their chambers personally, all were abandoned. .Upon calling for a gladiator or anyone else adept with a sword to kill him, no one appeared.^ Yet he wrote that anyone who calls the whole world nice seems to see no difference between virtue and vice.

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^ He provided such lavish gladiator shows that 5,000 beasts were killed in one day.

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^ Lycus appears and wants to marry Megara; but as he killed her father, she hates him.

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He cried "Have I neither friend nor foe?" and ran out as if to throw himself into the Tiber.^[138]

.Returning again, Nero sought for some place where he could hide and collect his thoughts.^ You might of thought you could make some difference, but I suspect you are learning the opposite.

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An imperial freedman offered his villa, located 4 miles outside the city. Travelling in disguise, Nero and four loyal servants reached the villa, where Nero ordered them to dig a grave for him. .As it was being prepared, he said again and again "What an artist dies in me!".^[139] At this time a courier arrived with a report that the Senate had declared Nero a public enemy and that it was their intention to execute him by beating him to death.^ The Senate declared Nero an enemy of Rome, and he was soon killed.

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^ Tacitus noted that some authorities reported efforts among the soldiers to have the armies declare an armistice and let the Senate choose an Emperor.

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^ In 2007 forensic researchers said he died either from hitting his head on a rock when he passed out or because his attacker hit him in the head.

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At this news Nero prepared himself for suicide. Losing his nerve, he first begged for one of his companions to set an example by first killing himself. At last, the sound of approaching horsemen drove Nero to face the end. After quoting a line from Homer's Iliad ("Hark, now strikes on my ear the trampling of swift-footed coursers!") Nero drove a dagger into his throat. In this he was aided by his private secretary, Epaphroditos. .When one of the horsemen entered, upon his seeing Nero all but dead he attempted to stanch the bleeding.^ EVER implant an rfid chip in me is to put one in my dead corpse after ive exausted all of my ammo.

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With the words "Too late! .This is fidelity!", Nero died on 9 June 68.^[140] This was the anniversary of the death of Octavia.^ Under her influence Nero ordered his mother Agrippina murdered in 59 and his wife Octavia three years later when Burrus died.

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^ Nero Caesar lived from December 15th, AD 37 to June 9th AD 68.

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^ Nero Caesar committed suicide with a sword wound to his head on June 9th, AD 68.

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Nero was buried in the Mausoleum of the Domitii Ahenobarbi, in what is now the Villa Borghese (Pincian Hill) area of Rome.^[140]

With his death, the Julio-Claudian dynasty came to an end. Chaos ensued in the Year of the Four Emperors.^[85]

.According to Suetonius and Cassius Dio, the people of Rome celebrated the death of Nero.^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

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^ The army of Vitellius defeated Otho's forces at Cremona, and according to Dio Cassius 40,000 men on each side were killed.

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^ Yet the historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius described his behavior as outdoing the many evils of Caligula.

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^[141][142] Tacitus, though, describes a more complicated political environment. .Tacitus mentions that Nero's death was welcomed by Senators, nobility and the upper class.^ News of Nero's death and his appointment by the Senate as Emperor reached Galba in Spain, which he had governed for eight years.

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^[143] .The lower-class, slaves, frequenters of the arena and the theater, and "those who were supported by the famous excesses of Nero", on the other hand, were upset with the news.^ Seneca laughed at those who thought it degrading to eat with a slave but would fill their bellies and then vomit everything up.

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^ Seneca asks if this is just treatment; but Nero replies that justice is for those who have no need to fear.

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^[143] Members of the military were said to have mixed feelings, as they had allegiance to Nero, but were bribed to overthrow him.^[144]

Eastern sources, namely Philostratus II and Apollonius of Tyana, mention that Nero's death was mourned as he "restored the liberties of Hellas with a wisdom and moderation quite alien to his character"^[145] and that he "held our liberties in his hand and respected them."^[146]

.Modern scholarship generally holds that, while the Senate and more well-off individuals welcomed Nero's death, the general populace was "loyal to the end and beyond, for Otho and Vitellius both thought it worthwhile to appeal to their nostalgia."^ The Senate welcomed Nero and heard his speech composed by Seneca in which he promised to follow the Augustan model, end secret trials, stop court corruption, and respect the privileges of the Senate.

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^ News of Nero's death and his appointment by the Senate as Emperor reached Galba in Spain, which he had governed for eight years.

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^[147]

.Nero's name was erased from some monuments, in what Edward Champlin regards as "outburst of private zeal".^[148] Many portraits of Nero were reworked to represent other figures; according to Eric R. Varner, over fifty such images survive.^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

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^[149] This reworking of images is often explained as part of the way in which the memory of disgraced emperors was condemned posthumously (see damnatio memoriae).^[149] .Champlin, however, doubts that the practice is necessarily negative and notes that some continued to create images of Nero long after his death.^ However, corporations and the United States government have been in favor of creating a gargantuan network of such scanners for some years now.

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^[150]

.The civil war during the Year of the Four Emperors was described by ancient historians as a troubling period.^ In the second book Lucan described the gory civil wars of Marius and Sulla .

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^ During the civil wars citizenship was extended to many provincials - by Galba to tribes in central Gaul, by Otho to Lingones in eastern Gaul, and by Vitellius to those in Spain and Africa.

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^[85] .According to Tacitus, this instability was rooted in the fact that emperors could no longer rely on the perceived legitimacy of the imperial bloodline, as Nero and those before him could.^ Since Seneca criticized Nero's amusements in charioteering and singing, they argued the Emperor no longer needed a tutor.

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^ In those days no one could acquire much influence without some eloquence.

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^ No longer could one have the privilege of attacking the most influential men such as Scipio, Sulla , and Pompey .

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^[143] .Galba began his short reign with the execution of many allies of Nero and possible future enemies.^ Nero's freedmen and political advisors were executed except for Tigellinus, whose enemies Galba chose not to reward.

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^[151] .One notable enemy included Nymphidius Sabinus, who claimed to be the son of emperor Caligula.^ In Rome Tigellinus fled, and the other praetorian prefect Nymphidius Sabinus offered the guards 30,000 sesterces each to support the Senate and proclaim Galba Emperor.

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^ One alleged eyewitness (slanderer) claims those who removed the corpses from the gas chamber while smoking and eating: you can’t smoke and eat while wearing a gas mask.

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^ He was succeeded by his son Titus, who was captain of the guards and had already been assisting him as secretary and reading the Emperor's speeches in the Senate.

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^[152]

Otho overthrew Galba. .Otho was said to be liked by many soldiers because he had been a friend of Nero's and resembled him somewhat in temperament.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ Although Musonius of Babylon was arrested in Rome because Nero suspected him of using magic, Apollonius went to Rome anyway.

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^ Otho was hated as a friend of Nero and because he showed that imperial power could be bought from soldiers willing to kill a Caesar.

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^[153] It was said that the common Roman hailed Otho as Nero himself.^[154] .Otho used "Nero" as a surname and reerected many statues to Nero.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ Spectacles of Christians being thrown to dogs (or lions) or used as burning torches aroused sympathy from many people and increased Nero's unpopularity.

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^[154] Vitellius overthrew Otho. Vitellius began his reign with a large funeral for Nero complete with songs written by Nero.^[155]

.After Nero's suicide in 68, there was a widespread belief, especially in the eastern provinces, that he was not dead and somehow would return.^ Nero did not return to Rome until 68 to find the city suffering a grain shortage.

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^ Nero Caesar committed suicide with a sword wound to his head on June 9th, AD 68.

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^[156] This belief came to be known as the Nero Redivivus Legend.

.The legend of Nero's return lasted for hundreds of years after Nero's death.^ Before his death the next year the novelist Petronius wrote out a list of Nero's male and female bed partners.

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^ During the last three years of his life Seneca could concentrate on philosophy and wrote more than a hundred letters to Lucilius, the procurator in Sicily.

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^ He left Florence in 1534, hoping to return, but spent his last years in Rome.

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Augustine of Hippo wrote of the legend as a popular belief in 422^[157]

At least three Nero imposters emerged leading rebellions. .The first, who sang and played the cithara or lyre and whose face was similar to that of the dead emperor, appeared in 69 during the reign of Vitellius.^ No sexual abuse except lust after my two sisters (who don’t remember or forgive me) and my first boy friend, who is probably dead.

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^ I live with a woman whose family was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge: more than 20 of her relatives died during Pol Pot’s reign.

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^[158] After persuading some to recognize him, he was captured and executed.^[158] .Sometime during the reign of Titus (79-81) there was another impostor who appeared in Asia and also sang to the accompaniment of the lyre and looked like Nero but he, too, was killed.^ {See Rev 17:9} NOTE: There are many statues of the exact likeness of Nero Caesar including a 151 foot statue in the "Golden House" in Rome.

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^ It sounds like you’re the kind of irrational, obstinate, emotional person who would kill me because of my beliefs.

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^ Titus Caesar was the oldest son of Vespasian Caesar who was Caesar from Dec AD 69 to AD 79; and therefore heir and Crown *PRINCE* to the throne in Rome and was Caesar from AD 79 to AD 81.

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^[159] .Twenty years after Nero's death, during the reign of Domitian, there was a third pretender.^ Before his death the next year the novelist Petronius wrote out a list of Nero's male and female bed partners.

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^ So Domitian, after having put to death one group of envoys, made a treaty with Decebalus, who accepted vassal status the next year.

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^ There were lesser outbreaks in many cities for the next twenty years.

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.Supported by the Parthians, they hardly could be persuaded to give him up^[160] and the matter almost came to war.^ Seneca's skill as an orator almost led the envious Caligula to have him killed; but the Emperor was persuaded the sickly intellectual would die soon.

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^ Their Arab neighbors could care less about them other than they give them reason to behave as they do.

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^ And the only reason they could hold the world hostage is because we are too spoiled and greedy to give up gas powered vehicles.

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^[85]

.The history of Nero’s reign is problematic in that no historical sources survived that were contemporary with Nero.^ Unfortunately, no Etruscan literary works survive, so most documentation comes from Greek and Roman literary sources as well as archaeological evidence.

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.These first histories at one time did exist and were described as biased and fantastical, either overly critical or praising of Nero.^ That was the first time since I was a kid I did that!

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^ Oh one thing that Jesus came here to save you from the sins, because he loves you because if he did not we would never exist.

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^ The frankness of Petronius is not for all tastes, but he did describe the decadence in Rome during the era of Nero.

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^[161] The original sources were also said to contradict on a number of events.^[162] .Nonetheless, these lost primary sources were the basis of surviving secondary and tertiary histories on Nero written by the next generations of historians.^ Philostratus used the letters of Apollonius, some of which survive, but his main source was the now lost memoirs by Damis of Nineveh, a devoted companion of Apollonius.

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^[163] A few of the contemporary historians are known by name. Fabius Rusticus, Cluvius Rufus and Pliny the Elder all wrote condemning histories on Nero that are now lost.^[164] There were also pro-Nero histories, but it is unknown who wrote them or on what deeds Nero was praised.^[165]

.The bulk of what is known of Nero comes from Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio, who were all of the Patrician class.^ Yet the historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius described his behavior as outdoing the many evils of Caligula.

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^ {See Acts 12:1-5,19-23} **{#4}** Nero Caesar who will come again as the 8th KING who will be the anti-christ of the End-Times.

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.Tacitus and Suetonius wrote their histories on Nero over fifty years after his death, while Cassius Dio wrote his history over 150 years after Nero’s death.^ Vitellius ordered astrologers to leave Italy by a specified day; Dio Cassius wrote that astrologers commanded him to depart life on the day on which he was killed.

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^ Before his death the next year the novelist Petronius wrote out a list of Nero's male and female bed partners.

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^ According to Dio Cassius many were put to death, while many others purchased their lives from Tigellinus for a great price.

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.These sources contradict on a number of events in Nero’s life including the death of Claudius, the death of Agrippina and the Roman fire of 64, but they are consistent in their condemnation of Nero.^ Mark.” Apparently some Christians including Peter were inspired to call ROME “BABYLON” after Nero’s terrible persecution of Christians in AD 64.

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^ Mark.” Apparently some Christians including Peter were inspired to call ROME “BABYLON” after Nero’s terrible persecution of Christians starting in AD 64.

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^ Agrippina's ghost comes to complain of this marriage and prophesies a death will punish the crimes of her tyrannical son Nero.

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A handful of other sources also add a limited and varying perspective on Nero. Few surviving sources paint Nero in a favorable light. .Some sources, though, portray him as a competent emperor who was popular with the Roman people, especially in the east.^ Many fled Jerusalem, though some were killed by Zealots out of fear they would join the Romans.

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^ Like some of the Julian Emperors, lack of funds made Domitian greedy, and fear of assassination made him cruel.

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^ Some of his followers refused to go; he did not consider them cowards, though he hailed as philosophers those who rose above such fears.

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^{[citation needed]}

.Cassius Dio (c. 155- 229) was the son of Cassius Apronianus, a Roman senator.^ Dio Cassius, Roman History 62: 18 tr.

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^ The Roman Senate met to invest Flavius Vespasian as Emperor, making his son Domitian Caesar.

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He passed the greater part of his life in public service. .He was a senator under Commodus and governor of Smyrna after the death of Septimius Severus; and afterwards suffect consul around 205, as also proconsul in Africa and Pannonia.^ The work was requested by Empress Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, but it was not completed until after her death in 217.

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.Books 61–63 of Dio's Roman History describe the reign of Nero.^ Dio Cassius, Roman History 62: 18 tr.

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^ History tells us that the second huge Roman persecution of Christians {The first was NERO'S PERSECUTION OF AD 64-68} occurred in the last year of the reign of Domitian Caesar which would have been from September AD 95 to September AD 96.

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.Only fragments of these books remain and what does remain was abridged and altered by John Xiphilinus, an 11th century monk.^ Only in the last book does a humanitarian spirit arise as the women nonviolently insist on mutual respect.

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^ Only fragments from two books of The Satyricon by Petronius remain; but they give a flavor of his hedonistic life artfully portrayed in a novel.

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.Dio Chrysostom (c. 40– 120), a Greek philosopher and historian, wrote the Roman people were very happy with Nero and would have allowed him to rule indefinitely.^ Nero expressed gratitude to his tutor and hoped for his continued counsel, fearing his retirement would make him seem mean.

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^ BCE The Romans overthrew King Lucius Tarquinius and established a republic with rule by the senate and the people of Rome (SPQR - Senatus Populusque Romanus).

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^ Josephus managed to hide and surrendered when Vespasian sent to him a friend, the historian giving himself a philosophical speech on why suicide is a bad idea.

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They longed for his rule once he was gone and embraced imposters when they appeared:

Epictetus (c. 55- 135) was the slave to Nero's scribe Epaphroditos. .He makes a few passing negative comments on Nero's character in his work, but makes no remarks on the nature of his rule.^ But Nero learned even more and it makes flawless copies of retail movies and I can make em from scratch with no effort or time investment.

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^ Games reveal character in a natural way, and no child is too young to distinguish between right and wrong.

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He describes Nero as a spoiled, angry and unhappy man.

.The historian Josephus (c. 37- 100), while calling Nero a tyrant, was also the first to mention bias against Nero.^ The Sanhedrin appointed as governor of Galilee the historian Flavius Josephus, who was born in Jerusalem in 38 and in 64 had gained the friendship of Nero's wife Poppaea in Rome.

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Of other historians, he said:

.Though more of a poet than historian, Lucanus (c. 39- 65) has one of the kindest accounts of Nero's rule.^ Titus stopped accusers from prosecuting anyone by more than one law for the same offense.

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^ It is absurd to believe that one's financial balance is more important than mental balance.

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He writes of peace and prosperity under Nero in contrast to previous war and strife. .Ironically, he was later involved in a conspiracy to overthrow Nero and was executed.^ His rule was marked by nepotism and he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the Medici in Florence.

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^ The next year he joined the conspiracy of Calpurnius to overthrow Nero and was forced to commit suicide at age 25 along with his father and his uncles Seneca and Gallio.

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.Philostratus II "the Athenian" (c. 172- 250) spoke of Nero in the Life of Apollonius Tyana (Books 4–5).^ Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1:17 tr.

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^ The main source for the life of Apollonius of Tyana is the biography by Philostratus.

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^ Philostratus described how his spirit announced he was the Egyptian god Proteus before his birth and that Apollonius was born in a meadow of flowers surrounded by swans in Tyana of Cappadocia.

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Though he has a generally a bad or dim view of Nero, he speaks of others' positive reception of Nero in the East.

.The history of Nero by Pliny the Elder (c. 24- 79) did not survive.^ AD Aug 24, Pliny the Elder, Roman naturalist, witnessed the eruption of long-dormant Mount Vesuvius and was overcome by the fumes as he tried to rescue refugees.

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Still, there are several references to Nero in Pliny's Natural Histories. Pliny has one of the worst opinions of Nero and calls him an "enemy of mankind."^[169]

Plutarch (c. 46- 127) mentions Nero indirectly in his account of the Life of Galba and the Life of Otho. Nero is portrayed as a tyrant, but those that replace him are not described as better.

.It is not surprising that Seneca (c. 4 BC- 65), Nero's teacher and advisor, writes very well of Nero.^ When Nero became Emperor, Seneca served as his chief advisor for civilian affairs.

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^ When the military advisor Burrus died in 62, apparently unable to control Nero's crimes, Seneca decided to request retirement.

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Suetonius (c. 69- 130) was a member of the equestrian order, and he was the head of the department of the imperial correspondence. While in this position, Suetonius started writing biographies of the emperors, accentuating the anecdotal and sensational aspects.

.The Annals by Tacitus (c. 56- 117) is the most detailed and comprehensive history on the rule of Nero, despite being incomplete after the year 66. Tacitus described the rule of the Julio-Claudian emperors as generally unjust.^ In 66 Tiridates was ostentatiously crowned by Nero in Rome, and the same year he ordered his best general Corbulo to commit suicide.

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He also thought that existing writing on them was unbalanced:

.Tacitus was the son of a procurator, who married into the elite family of Agricola.^ Galileo had 2 daughters consigned to a nunnery and one son, whom he got married into a rich Florentine family.

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.He entered his political life as a senator after Nero's death and, by Tacitus' own admission, owed much to Nero's rivals.^ News of Nero's death and his appointment by the Senate as Emperor reached Galba in Spain, which he had governed for eight years.

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Realizing that this bias may be apparent to others, Tacitus protests that his writing is true.^[172]

.At the end of 66, conflict broke out between Greeks and Jews in Jerusalem and Caesarea.^ BCE War broke out between Carthage and Rome.

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^ Greeks were fighting Jews over who would control Caesarea; eventually the Greeks bribed Burrus to have Nero deprive the Judeans of civil rights.

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^ The Dacian war led by Decebalus in Moesia broke out in 85 and was not ended until 88 when two legions at Moguntiacum led by Antonius Saturninus also revolted.

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According to a Jewish tradition in the Talmud (tractate Gitin 56a-b), Nero went to Jerusalem and shot arrows in all four directions. .All the arrows landed in the city.^ At this time all of my land is not in the city limits.

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He then asked a passing child to repeat the verse he had learned that day. The child responded "I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel" (Ez. 25,14). .Nero became terrified, believing that God wanted the Temple in Jerusalem to be destroyed, but would punish the one to carry it out.^ Factional fighting in Jerusalem between John's Zealots and Simon's army burned down all the buildings around the Temple and destroyed most of the stored grain.

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^ Jupiter announces to the gods he will destroy Thebes and punish Argos too.

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^ I suppose if the Catholic Church wanted to take care of them Hitler would have let them but maybe no one wanted them and they were a burden to the state.

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Nero said, "He desires to lay waste His House and to lay the blame on me," whereupon he fled and converted to Judaism to avoid such retribution. Vespasian was then dispatched to put down the rebellion. .The Talmud adds that the sage Reb Meir Baal HaNess, a prominent supporter of the Bar Kokhba rebellion against Roman rule, was a descendant of Nero.^ Rebellion against Roman legions had only brought more legions.

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Roman sources nowhere report Nero's alleged conversion to Judaism, a religion considered by the Romans as extremely barbaric and immoral.^[173]