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Showing posts with label Nero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nero. Show all posts
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Coming this winter from Whispering Legends Press: Forgiving Nero by Mary Ann Bernal

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  Rome. The jewel of the civilized world is no longer what it was. Strength has failed the Senate. Her legions are in disarray, and the Empi...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

First Ever Ancient Gold Coin to Be Found in Jerusalem Bears Image of Emperor Nero

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Ancient Origins The discovery of a rare gold coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero at the University of North Carolina at C...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

History Trivia - Nero commits suicide

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June 9 68 The Roman emperor Nero was deposed and committed suicide, ending the Julian-Claudian imperial dynasty.  
Sunday, January 17, 2016

History Trivia - Roman Emperor Otho commits suicide

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January 17 69 Etruscan Roman Emperor Otho committed suicide after a night of meditation in his tent. A companion of Nero, it is believ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

History Trivia - Belisarius defeats the Vandals

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December 15  37 Nero was born. He was the Roman emperor who is alleged to have fiddled while Rome burned.  533 Byzantine genera...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

History Trivia - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.

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Sept 22, 66 Emperor Nero created the Legion I Italica.  1499 Switzerland became an independent state.  1515 Anne of Cleve...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

History Trivia - Great fire of Rome - Nero fiddles

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July 18 390 BC Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army was defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

History Trivia - Roman emperor Nero deposed

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June 9 411 BC Coup in Athens succeeded, forming a short-lived oligarchy. 68 The Roman emperor Nero was deposed and committed suici...
Monday, December 15, 2014

History Trivia - Sergius I elected Pope

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December 15  37 AD, Nero was born. He was the Roman emperor who is alleged to have fiddled while Rome burned.  687 Sergius I (Saint ...
Monday, September 22, 2014

History Trivia - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.

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Sept 22  66 Emperor Nero created the Legion I Italica. 1499 Switzerland became an independent state. 1515 A nne of Cleves was bo...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Rethinking Nero - He may have presided over the burning of Rome, but he never fiddled

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Rethinking Nero He killed two of his wives and possibly his mother. He may have presided over the burning of Rome. But he never fiddled...
Friday, July 18, 2014

History Trivia - Great fire of Rome while Emperor Nero allegedly fiddles

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July 18 390 BC Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army was defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking o...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

History Trivia - Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals

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December 15 37 Nero was born. He was the Roman emperor who is alleged to have fiddled while Rome burned.  533 Byzantine general Beli...