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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
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
mercilessly crucified. because of peter w
Complex was laid out like a stage accessible to all it included a huge artificial lake its own future villages with fields of vineyards and woodlands teeming with all kinds of tamed. even by imperial standards the golden house was nothing short of bombastic. nero commissioned a giant statue of his likeness golden and thirty meters sign for the entrance hall of his palace was all this a sign of megalomania proof of his madness. if you didn t need it one wished i was hooked but side missed it but i wouldn t describe nero as crazy not because i rule out that he was crazy but because ultimately we just know too little about nero to classify him as such. as it s
Ravaged city nero set fire to rome to build a new city but he will remain after himself. and the biggest nero cliche of them all while a city was burning nero mounted his private stage and comparing modern disasters with ancient had some of the destruction of troy. was with. in the story appears to corroborate accounts of his expressive facilities as an artist and 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. you can see. what tacitus noted as a rumor was recorded as a fun to tony s nero started the fire. and a century after so tony use consumers do you know road neurosurgery is hard done
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.