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063- A Farewell to Claudius

The History of Rome

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Agrippina and Nero

In 51 a d, 14 year old nero was elevated to manhood and named as a co heir alongside the still under aged britannicus. But in practice, the timing of claudiu's declaration opened a window of a few years where nero was now a man and able to assume duties of state. For all intents and purposes, right now, nero, right now was the sole heir. Agrippina worked hard to try to box narcissus out. She went after him hard, over the fusine lake to bockle. The freedman was tied too deeply to the emperor. Try as she might, agrippina could not dislodge narciss

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