Friday, 8 June 2012

Finale

Nero left Rome for a while to search for Greek influences but then return when Rome was taking it's turn for the worst. There were executions happening and the people were suffering but the return of Nero made it no better. The senate were conspiring to take Nero out of power, nothing was actually done to control the crisis.
Tigellinus was seriously ill at the time and Nero could only dream up fantastic tortures which he sought to inflict on the rebels once he had defeated them. The praetorian prefect of the day, Nymphidius Sabinus, persuaded his troops to abandon their allegiance to Nero. Alas, the senate condemned the emperor to be flogged to death.
As Nero heard of this he chose rather to commit suicide, which he did with the assistance of a secretary (9 June AD 68).


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