Nero
In Our Time: History
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Nero's Coin Portraiture
The story of nero's is an arc of decline, from promising a young prince t to corrupt and dissipate a tyrant. His coin portraits also show him kind of young and angular and promising, and getting fat and jowdy as his reign declines. But he thought he was doing something clever there. There must be some sort of henry the eighth, like appeal to solidity and anroyal splendour going on that to us just looks misplaced. And could i just say that at the time that the film was originally released, it was possible to go to the department stores and buy versions of nero shorts in eight fiery colours? I've never found them. They're such
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