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Anonymous's The Tragedy of Nero (1624) published by Augustine Matthews [10] Víctor Balaguer's La Mort de Nerón (1894) Wilson Barrett's The Sign of the Cross; Robert Bridges's Nero: From the Death of Burrus to the Death of Seneca. Comprising the Conspiracy of Piso (1894) Pietro Cossa's Nero: A Play in Five Acts (1881) Amy Freed's You, Nero (2009)
The theatre was used by Nero for rehearsals of his subsequent public singing performances in the theatre of Pompey and was large enough to satisfy his vanity when filled with people. [4] Suetonius writes that during the Neronia festival the emperor promised to exhibit himself in hortis ("in the gardens"), an indirect reference to his theatre. [5]
Nero in the arts and popular culture; 0–9. 7 Wonders (board game) A. Amoryus and Cleopes; Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum; Arminio (Biber) Augustus (Williams novel) C ...
Nero watched from his palace on the Palatine Hill, singing and playing the lyre. [25] Nero openly sent out men to set fire to the city. 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]
The arts center was built largely with private donations, including $130 million from former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and $75 million from investor Ronald Perelman, plus $100 million from a government ...
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.
According to historian Tacitus, work began on the amphitheater in 57 AD, the year of Nero's second consulship with Lucius Calpurnius Piso.Others argue that it was built after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 since Nero wanted to replace the amphitheater of Statilius Taurus, then the only stone amphitheater in Rome, which had been destroyed in the fire.
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