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The “madness” of the emperors: Nero II Posted by on Jun 29, 2012

Claudius

As we said in the previous post, at first Nero’s government was totally dominated by the imposing presence of his mother. The new emperor was a docile and timid boy who ruled in the shadow of his mother. Nero was also fascinated by the festivities so much that any occasion was an excuse to organize…

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The “madness” of the emperors: Nero I Posted by on Jun 23, 2012

Senaca, philosopher and teacher of Nero

Did you know that it is suspected that the origin of the “madness” of certain Roman emperors such as Nero or Caligula, was due to the ingestion of residual lead from the welding plates and glasses? Lead is a very harmful metal for health. Among the Roman emperors there were many insane people and dangerous as…

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