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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus Maximus, post: 4502634, member: 102867&quot;]Those are firm words, too firm in my view.</p><p>Virtually nothing is known about Nero that was written during his reign. So it is difficult to get a good picture of him. In addition, the well-known history writers wrote at least forty years after his death, when his person had already become a kind of mythical figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, there were rumors after his death that he was not dead but fled to the Parthians to fetch an army.&nbsp; During his lifetime, rumors also spread that he set Rome on fire, killed his wife, and poisoned Britannicus.&nbsp; All events of which it is highly questionable whether they are correct.&nbsp; The historiography had to do with pro-Flavian and Pro-Adoptive emperors sources who had reasons to put Nero in a bad light.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I think there are three reasons why it is difficult to get a correct picture of Nero.&nbsp; We are dealing with Anti-Neronian propaganda by the Flavians and Adoptive emperors, We are dealing with myth formation and rumors under the people, and we are dealing with a very closed court, which fueled the rumors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I&#039;m not saying Nero was a &quot;good&quot; emperor, but I think it&#039;s at least understandable why modern scholars question the sources about him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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