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  2. Nero and the Burning of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Nero and the Burning of Rome (Italian: Nerone e Messalina) is a 1953 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Primo Zeglio and loosely based on real life events of Roman emperor Nero. [2] [3] It was based on the novel Nerone e Messalina (c.1949) by Harry Bluhmen. [4]

  3. Great Fire of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Nero watched from the Tower of Maecenas on the Esquiline Hill while singing. [26] Nero sent out men to set fire to the city. There were unconfirmed rumors that Nero sang from a private stage during the fire. [27] Nero was motivated to destroy the city so he would be able to bypass the senate and rebuild Rome in his image. [2]

  4. Sporus - Wikipedia

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    Sporus (died 69 AD) was a young slave boy whom the Roman emperor Nero had castrated and married as his empress during his tour of Greece in 66–67 AD, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died the previous year.

  5. Nero - Wikipedia

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    Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.

  6. List of films set in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Nero and the Burning of Rome: 1953 directed by Primo Zeglio: The Silver Chalice: 1954 starring Paul Newman (dir. by Victor Saville) Nero's Mistress: 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Steno: The Ten Gladiators: 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Challenge of the Gladiator: 1965 Italian film directed by Domenico Paolella. Fire ...

  7. Category:Depictions of Nero on film - Wikipedia

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    Nero (1909 film) Nero (1922 film) Nero and the Burning of Rome; Nero's Mistress; Nerone (1930 film) Nerone (1977 film) O. O.K. Nerone; P. Per amore di Poppea; Peter ...

  8. Nero in the arts and popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Nero AG and its products Nero, Nero Digital, Nero Burning ROM (add an -E to ROM), Nero ShowTime, and features a pictogram of a burning Rome. [4] Fate/Extra, Fate/Extella and Fate/Grand Order: A female version of Nero serves as a playable character that the players avatar can interact with. Ryse: Son of Rome: Nero plays as the

  9. Tacitus on Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Raymond E. Brown and John P. Meier state that in addition to establishing that there was a large body of Christians in Rome, the Tacitus passage provides two other important pieces of historical information, namely that by around AD 60 it was possible to distinguish between Christians and Jews in Rome and that even pagans made a connection ...