his wife and niece agra pina was twenty six years his junior and she had big plans ancient historians describe the emperor as ignorant weak and mean. modern scholars view him as an excellent administrator and of not full ruler. this is ours who tony has recorded the day of october thirteenth fifty four. the imperial family is gathered around the table. mushrooms are on the menu claudia s his favorite dish. nero the devoted son is that his mother and rypien is. glorious his biological son britannicus is also there. claudius. dotes on the board nero s biggest rival in the line of imperial succession. to
tony s gives a detailed account of the plot to murder claudius who had sealed his fate by adopting nero. after reading the mushrooms the historian writes claudius begins to gasp for air and begin suffocating. tony is his version the mushrooms are poison and he points the finger at agra pina. she colludes with claudius his physician who is called to induce vomiting with a feather but the feather delivers a second fatal dose of poison. if i could peanut you know the question asked or is the more unlikely it is that those stories are true torque on the. death by poison or an
all the corridors of power. but most importantly she had the backing of the military. grown boasted the world s most modern army and it was designed to conquer . nero s empire stretched from southeastern britain to africa deep into southern egypt from its commercial gateway of us one the capital syria and syria. a population of almost seventy million spread over an area twenty times the size of modern day germany. all power rested in the hands of the emperor but in reality it was agra pina who was holding the reins. she ruthlessly began to liquidate family members but seneca two was ambitious as his influence on nero grew so too did his personal fortune he brokered state contracts and granted loans an exorbitant interest seneca was now
tony is gives a detailed account of the plot to murder claudius who had sealed his fate via ducting nero. but after reading the mushrooms the historian writes claudius begins to gasp for air and began suffocating. exists only as his version the mushrooms are poison and he points the finger at agra pina. she colludes with claudius his physician was called to induce vomiting with a feather but the feather delivers a second fatal dose of poison. if i could. the question as to whether i grip enough poison and claudius is highly contentious among scholars. ancient historians recorded certain episodes in great detail
a woman of noble birth with a hunger for power and the will to do everything necessary to get it. she made the most of her opportunities to get into nero s fear and started a love affair. and complete the biggest obstacle in her hopes to marry nero was agrippina in the us does he i thought as untied ninnis. nero and bill payer seem to make for each other they shared the same sense of humor and a love for the arts and theatre. but the peo wasn t content in the role of mistress she wanted to be narrows wife. yet nero was still married to mike tapia and the subject of divorce sparked an open war with agra pina. nero decided to dispose of his mother and the plan he had for her murder reads like a play. he was fond of drama and reenacted maritime battles his scheme was a bit of both. agra pinas death was to look like an accident scene.