Nero
In Our Time: History
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What Do You Think of Tha Nero?
Maria, what do you make of the arguments in his favour, or to mitigate the damaging reputation he has those arguments over the last 25 years? Maria: One just has to be careful about how one approaches them. And stepping back and looking at emperors n the broader context of what was going on in that world makes it a little bit a, perhaps a little fairer judgment on what actually happened. I think when you pick out some of the things that tha nero did, they sound herrific, and yes, m they were. But they have to be understood in the context of the games... There are precedents for bigger and better palaces coming up under the jul
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