Nero
In Our Time: History
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The Challenges of Nero
Nero came to power with a very full intray. He inherited enth we've heard about from maria and shushma. In some ways as a stable system for transmitting powers, but in other ways has his huge tensions around the succession,. Around court dynamics and family politics. The provincial governors with their dangerous armies who were his eventual undoing. And he has buffer states on his eastern frontier that he has to deal with as well. Is he any good t dealing with the lack of money? No er. I the yes people have said in other context, i's like holding a wolf by the ears. It's very difficult to do for ever.
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