a result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. the apostle peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. it marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. some one and a half centuries later a magnificent basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. peter s basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. in the catacombs deep below the church is an ancient roman graves a veritable city of the dead in which according to legend jesus is first apostle simon peter was buried. peanuts
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. in the able for then we have accounts that reveal nero suffered from severe stage fright before these events but that he still put in spirited performances against his competitors and he has always tremendously surprised when as if by coincidence he won first place and very humbly accepted the prizes and the applause. even if he d fallen off the chariot and nearly died during the race and this. as we hear so here again we have the phenomenon that we can observe in many other areas of nero s person he was living in his own world and shaping his own reality a shuffle hot. aside from athletic competitions like chariot raising the games also featured artistic contests nero took part in all of them organizers