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Rethinking Nero
(N.B. A subscription to National Geographic is needed to fully view the article). He killed two of his wives and possibly his mother. He may have presided over the burning of Rome. But he never fiddled, and now some scholars say he wasn't all bad. This article explores the details of the Roman emperor Nero's character, and how he may not have been as terrible as we currently believe.
Publisher: National Geographic magazine
Author: Robert Draper
(N.B. A subscription to National Geographic is needed to fully view the article). He killed two of his wives and possibly his mother. He may have presided over the burning of Rome. But he never fiddled, and now some scholars say he wasn't all bad. This article explores the details of the Roman emperor Nero's character, and how he may not have been as terrible as we currently believe.