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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1940424, member: 44132&quot;]You would be surprised at the people I speak to who believe Hollywood&#039;s various versions of history, are, in fact, accurate.&nbsp; An older gentleman I know is a real history buff, especially about the American Civil War.&nbsp; When he and I talk about Civil War topics, another friend will chime in with what he saw in this movie or that and we must be wrong because the movie showed a different story.&nbsp; Sadly, I believe this second friend to be the norm.&nbsp; As another example, I went to a high school graduation party a couple of weeks ago.&nbsp; This particular graduate is a great kid, but he knows nothing about history, geography, civics, math, etc.&nbsp; He&#039;s not stupid, but he was never taught.&nbsp; It&#039;s a sad commentary on our educational system in the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero may have been a monster.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to argue that point.&nbsp; But in my studies of the Roman emperors, he was far from the worst.&nbsp; He was a reluctant emperor at best.&nbsp; Take a look at the histories of Caligula, Domitian, and Caracalla to name just a few I believe to be worse than Nero (just my opinion).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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