Western Civilization I / Unit 7 WC1 0607 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nero: Fire, Maiestas, and the First Persecution
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The idea
Nero, fifty-four to sixty-eight, killed his mother and used the maiestas law to extort the elite. After the fire of sixty-four he rebuilt Rome in concrete, built the Golden House, and blamed Christians, killing them in the arena.
In practice
The fiddle legend is false, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The anchor's chapter ten dates the fire sixty-eight. It was sixty-four.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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