The forgotten side of Emperor Nero (it's almost impressive)
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Nero was an artist at heart. How did this affect his politics? Did this make him popular? Was he any good at his craft?
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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 - 3:41 Roman attitudes toward the Greeks
3:41 - 6:05 A star is born
6:05 - 7:16 Versatile artist
7:16 - 8:47 Obsession
8:47 - 10:17 Charioteering
10:17 - 11:21 Sportsmanship
11:21 - 11:41 Stifling competition
11:41 - 13:08 All eyes on me
13:08 - 14:31 Serious artist
14:31 - 15:11 Prima Donna
15:11 - 15:51 Nero in Greece
15:52 - 16:56 Glorious homecoming
16:56 - 19:15 Nero vs Gaul
19:15 - 20:03 Have I neither friend nor foe?
20:03 - 20:59 Legend & language
20:59 - 21:57 Worth a sesterce?
21:57 - 23:30 Contrarian
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