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PATRICK

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2. Nero was popular too among the masses

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:37 AM

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He erected this huge statue which gave the citizens a really fun object to destroy when they finally got up the nerve to suicide him. Probably not as popular in Rome after the fire and Christian barbeque, I suppose.

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