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Emperor Nero has gone down in history as one of Rome’s most brutal rulers. But did he hold humanistic beliefs? A reinterpretation of Nero’s 54-68 AD reign. [Online until: 29.08.2018]
While Nero was running the Roman Empire, murder was often used as a political tool. Yet many of his decisions were humane in comparison. Some experts believe he's been given a bad rap - and blame ancient historians who loathed Nero because he stripped the élites of their power.
Nero - the Roman emperor who set fire to Rome and fiddled while it burned. The history books paint him as a debauched, tyrannical figure. But are the stories really true? These days, a reinterpretation of his reign, from 54-68 A.D. is gaining traction. 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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