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nero murderer and despot a madman on the imperial throne. whose name is inextricably linked with one of the biggest disasters of the ancient world the great fire over a. hero set rome a light to make room for his own building plans in takes the blame for the fire on the christians ordering the torture and execution of thousands. but scholars today question the legend of nero as the arsonist of rome and down to the initiator of policy of persecution against the christians. to date there is no archaeological evidence to support the theory that the apostle peter was ever in rome but there are mounting indications
Ravaged city nero set fire to rome to build a new city that he will rename after himself. and the biggest nero cliche of them all while the city was burning nero mounted his private stage and comparing modern disasters with ancient had some of the destruction of troy that. is what is. in the story appears to corroborate accounts of his expressive facilities as an artist and of the way he presented himself at other times it s one of the many scenes that one is tempted to regard as an exaggeration of the literary sources but i m not so sure. consider. what tacitus noted as a rumor was recorded as a funny buys who tony s nero s started the fire. and a century after so tony has cancer. do you know wrote neurosurgery is hard done
Still felt that he had arrived too late. before and we know from the examples of other roman rulers and even arrest kratz of the republic that when it comes to catastrophes it s always key to show up as quickly as possible nero missed that opportunity has moved his presence to the office on. christian graves dating from the first century. early evidence of a new sect that would rise to become a world religion. x. and p. alpha and omega the first and last letters of the greek alphabet suggest the all encompassing nature of god. ancient writers repeatedly reference christians and christ in their accounts of the great fire. tacitus wrote nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite torture. years on
On the city s design and proved to be a visionary and pragmatic planner with his advisors he set out to read rome of its narrow streets and congested spaces unbearably confined in the hot summer months. instead he ordered wide avenues in colonnades to provide shade a mammoth project that nero helped finance from his own coffers tacitus praised nero s actions as wise and prudent. at last i m going to be able to be housed like a human being that it sounds to tony as quote here on the completion of his new palace the domus aria or golden house. it s wall and ceiling frescoes were rediscovered at the height of the renaissance painters were abseiled down into the subterranean labyrinth of the palace to copy the works of their predecessors ferment dignity. rome was no stranger to
Iran s downfall and with us. 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. that s president bush but 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 for how to sign up and so instantly and does this thing and it didn t play out that way because of the particular circumstances and also because he panicked too soon but in nero s life there s virtually no way of differentiating between theatre drama the stage and real life.