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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nero gets a lot of rightly deserved heat, but I don't think he is culpable for many of the tragedies that played his reign. The follow up definitely was his fault though.

But Rome kinda destroyed itself. Between infighting triumvirates and enlisting Rome 's enemies to fight for them. But heads of state started with Julius, so I mostly do blame him.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Other than the Great Fire of Rome, most of the tragedies of Nero's reign were his own damn fault.

Caesar was neither the first dictator nor strongman of the Late Republic. You could just as easily cite Marius, Sulla, Cicero, or Pompey.