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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3102966, member: 91461&quot;]I certainly echo...echo...echo...the sentiment that there is a lot of half truths, hyperbole and flat out lies in regards to how history would have us remember Nero.</p><p>Did he have his own mom killed? Probably. But was that such a bad thing when we look at her track record and history? I don&#039;t think so. She was as domineering a megalomaniac as any of our favorites.</p><p>Did he light up Rome like snoop dogg lights up spliffs? Probably not. In all my readings I do believe it WAS the Christians. And that he did his best to have his people contain the blaze...though may have taken advantage of the bad circumstance. The Christians had a history of using pyrotechnics as revenge and continued to do so long into the future. Just ask Diocletian.</p><p>Did he kick his pregnant wife to death? My understanding is that this story was perpetuated by a detractors of his long after his demise.</p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong. Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story. Let&#039;s just do our best to know which might be which.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]785610[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]785611[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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