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Emperor Nero is blamed for "fiddling while Rome burned," but his story is both more complicated and more horrible than that.
Robert, Hubert (1733-1808): L'incendie de Rome (le 18 juillet 64) (The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64). Hubert Robert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

03. Nero, ft. Agrippina the Younger

By Trashy Royals on April 26, 2023April 25, 2023

Rounding out the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome is Nero, the fifth and final of his line. While his ascension was initially met with relief, it was only a few short years before Nero’s hands were as covered in blood as his predecessors’, but it was a fire that finally sealed his fate.

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