Nero (TRIH ep 56)
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This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) examines the life, reign and reputation of the Roman emperor Nero. The hosts discuss Nero’s background in the Julio-Claudian dynasty, his early tutelage under Agrippina and Seneca, and the dramatic rupture with his mother. They explore Nero’s theatrical self-presentation — singing, acting and staging public spectacles — and debate how much later literary invective (principally from senatorial authors and Christian w...
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