The Absurd Life of Emperor Nero

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Nero is one of the most enigmatic Roman tyrants. Let's first look at his life story, before delving into his quirks.

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Host: Iain Russell
Video Editor: Alicia Gómez
Script Editor: Jennifer Connerly
Images: Anagata Zhulitova

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Edward Champlin, Nero, The Man Behind the Myth
Edward Champlin, Nero Reconsidered
William B. Gwyn, Cruel Nero: The Concept of the Tyrant and the Image of Nero in Western Political Thought
Miriam T. Griffin, Nero: The End of a Dynasty
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero (2017)
Britannica - Nero
Oxford Classical Dictionary - Nero, Roman Emperor
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, The Twelve Caesars
Lucius Cassius Dio, Epitome of Book 62

Film footage from: Quo Vadis (1951) Mervyn Leroy
Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler

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00:00 Intro
01:42 Bio
15:44 Populist

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