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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Nero's Tutor

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (5 A.D.-65 A.D.) was a poet and a writer, and one of the major literary figures and foremost Stoic philosophers of the first century A.D. He was the son of Seneca the Elder, born in Spain and taken to Rome as a youth. Caligula and the Senate saw Seneca the younger as an incredibly gifted orator and writer. When Claudius became...

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Nero was Good Looking and Short-Sighted

Nero was described as a very handsome man. He was apparently short-sighted which made him squint often and had a lot of freckles. He had dark blond hair and grayish eyes. He maintained his good health even though he had a big belly and a large neck. note: Presumably Nero was extremely short-sighted. Apparently he had an enormous emerald which he ...

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The Christians and the Great Fire of Rome

The Christian Scapegoats and the Great Fire of Rome. It wasn't long before Nero arrived to bring order to the chaos. A rumor had gone forth which accused Nero of starting the fire himself, and had even sang a song from his Palace tower as he watched the flames engulf the city. Nero had also planned in detail for the cities reconstruction but the ru...

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Timeline of Events in the Life of Nero

Timeline of Events from 37 AD to 80 AD. Dates In Nero’s Life 37 December 15 Nero is born. 39 Claudius marries fourteen year old Valeria Messalina. 39 Messalina bears Claudius a daughter (Octavia). 41 Messalina bears Claudius a son (Britannicus). 41 Claudius is Emperor. 48 Execution of Messalina. 49 Claudius marries niece Agrippina the Young...

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The Princeps and Augustus Caesar

The Princeps was an unofficial but important title that mean "First Citizen" or "First Statesman." During the Republican era the princeps was used to give honor to special leaders. Pompey the Great was called princeps out of recognition for his victories for the state and his position within Rome. Others received the name, including Cicero fo...

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Augustus Timeline

Dates in the Life of Augustus Caesar from his birth in 63 BC to his death in 14 AD....

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The Deeds of the Divine Augustus

Ancient text written attributed to Caesar Augustus....

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The Deified Augustus

The Lives of the Caesars - The Deified Augustus by Suetonius...

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The Death of Augustus Caesar

In his later years, Augustus withdrew more and more from the public eye, although he continued to transact public business. He was getting older and Tiberius had been installed as his successor and by 13 A.D. he was virtually emperor already. He had already received grants of both proconsular and tribunician power and Tiberius's imperium had been m...

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Augustus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o-gus'-tus Augoustos: (1) The first Roman emperor, and noteworthy in Bible history as the emperor in whose reign the Incarnation took place (Lk 2:1). His original name was Caius Octavius Caepias and he was born in 63 BC, the year of Cicero's consulship. He was the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar, his mother Atia having been the daughter of Julia...

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