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Days gone by – The suicide of Nero
Lucius Domituis Ahenobarbus, better known as the Emperor Claudius Nero, committed suicide on this day, 9 June 68 AD after reigning for 14 years. He is probably best but incorrectly remembered today as being the Emperor who “fiddled while Rome burned” in the great fire of 64 AD. (Nero played the lyre not a fiddle.) Christians remember that he used them as scapegoats immediately after the fire to shift the blame. The historian Tacitus wrote that Nero had an “immense multitude” of Christians arrested.
Obama's Praetorian Guard Or Another "SS"
The Praetorian Guard was a special force of household troops used by Roman Emperors. Augustus saw the need to establish a troop of soldiers loyal only to him. After Sejanus’ death the Guards became ambitious and began a deadly power play in the Empire. They assassinated emperors, bullied their own Prefects, and eventually turned on the people of Rome.





































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