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May 24, 2021 · We can never see through all this to the real emperor. But we can bust some myths and confirm others. So here are 10 questions and answers to shine a light on different sides of Nero, starting with the 'Great Fire of Rome' which destroyed large parts of the city in AD 65.
Apr 23, 2021 · Nero’s alleged scapegoating of the Christian community of Rome in the wake of the fire of 64, vividly described by Tacitus in his Annals (15.44), has long been one of the very few fixed points in the early history of the Christian Church.
Dec 3, 2004 · I like NERO because I can do things that have no basis in real life. For example: I can die multiple times as Alexandros, but in real life I can't. That's why I consider it really funny when somebody jokes with me about Alexandros' death rate.
Jun 2, 2021 · Historical nuance is good, right? Better, for sure, than one-dimensional tales of pantomime villainy — or even solemnly evasive apologias that blame Nero’s bad rap solely on so-called “elite authors” whom we can discount as patrician snobs. And Sporus gives us Roman nuance in all its fabulous oddity.
- Boyd Tonkin
The inauspicious honour of being Rome’s most notorious ruler – a hotly contested title – is often bestowed to the fifth emperor, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, for killing his stepbrother, his mother and two of his wives. And that only takes care of his family life. In less than 14 years, he brought Rome to the brink of collapse.
The emperor Nero commandeered many of the neighborhoods razed by the Great Fire of A.D. 64 to build a palace complex of staggering dimensions. The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, as the entire site...
Considering Tacitus' admission that the upper classes were happy with Nero's death - and his overall unpopularity with them in his life - it's hardly a surprise that most sources regard Nero as a despicable tyrant and terrible emperor.
