a period of stability with peace abroad and prosperity at home. seneca addressed his most famous moral treatise entitled an mercy in europe extolling the virtues of the emperor. this is we have to it's hard to say whether near i was a particularly milder alone not there are a few episodes in primary sources that contradict the image of the bloodthirsty monster that he was repeatedly portrayed as in later accounts will be money in my view the dog stands out. it's clear that nero's earlier it was very unlike that of his uncle emperor of the gorilla who went out of his way to antagonize the senate. he insulted him really entered and expropriated senators driving some to suicide and effectively disenfranchised the council. in contrast nero and his advisors