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The Roman emperor Nero has gone down in history as a crazed tyrant. But was he really the cruel monster the history books make him out to be? [Online until: 29.08.2018]
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Nero became the victim of ancient chroniclers who belonged to the upper class. They took revenge on an emperor who deprived the elite. Emperor Nero — a monster, a tyrant. But are the stories really true? These days, a reinterpretation of his reign, from 54-68 A.D. is gaining traction. Nero is believed to have murdered his mother, power-mad Agrippina. But according to one theory, their relationship had become so fraught that having her killed seemed like the only way the system of dynastic politics could be brought to end. In this documentary, the crime is reappraised and the figure of Nero reconsidered. From today's point of view, he was a ruler who defied the Patricians' definition of a good ruler, but not for the reasons the history books have always had us believe. They were angered by his artistic ambitions, his rejection of bloody gladiator battles and resistance to aggressive expansion. In hindsight, Nero was perhaps a man with humanistic beliefs who was ahead of his time.
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