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
a dope up oto one of rome s grand squares in middle the. ages it was believed to be haunted by demons and evil spirits because it harbored the remains of the most barbarous man who ever walked the earth nero. in the twelfth century anyone entering the eternal city from the via flat mean yeah would ha
to the emperor by later writers. nero an eccentric ruler who wanted to be an artist and preferred to live in a world of fantasy. but neither an arsonist nor persecutor of christians. was. it s july nineteenth in the years sixty four it hasn t rained for days. rome is
days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. according to legend the apostle peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the city s fledgling christian community. later he would go down in the annals of the catholic church is the first bishop of rome. with. another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and that s not all. the mad megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. in need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
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Displayed ingenuity as they vying for the emperor s favor they hired veteran singers who still sang well but were no longer interested in accolades nurul was celebrated as the most successful competitors since the birth of the games. the venue of olympia served him as a stage and he won every competition. it will never be known whether nero was aware of this charade but he didn t just accept the trophies that came with his victories he also pocketed the cash prizes gold that he badly needed to restock is depleted travel fund where. is certain is that nero s popularity among his subjects reached its zenith during his tour of creates.
Displayed ingenuity as they vied for the emperor s favor they hired veteran singers who still saying well but were no longer interested in accolades nurul was celebrated as the most successful competitor since the birth of the games. the venue of olympia served him as a stage and he won every competition. it will never be known whether nero was aware of this charade but he didn t just accept the trophies that came with his victories he also pocketed the cash prizes gold that he badly needed to restock use depleted travel fund where. is certain is that nero s popularity among his subjects reached its zenith during his tour of greece.
And facilitate iran s downfall and the or shameless. the new prefect of the praetorian guard in future use of venus informed nurul that his loyalists had all abandoned him. but this was a lie. as tacitus wrote nero was undone by rumors and vague intelligence not by force of arms. just as on which bits if you combine i think what was particular about nero was that he knew no boundaries he staged his life like a play his life was one big spectacle. what if and i believe he always planned his end accordingly. and so in scenario doesn t it didn t play out that way because of the particular circumstances and also because he panicked too soon but in the rose life there s virtually no way of differentiating between theater drama the stage and real life will go on forever he goes on. nero fled