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Nero's Mom: The Murder of Agrippina the Younger
In 59 AD, Nero ordered the murder of his own mother, Agrippina the Younger. But the story is more complicated than a simple matricide. This episode unpacks the conspiracy: Agrippina's fierce ambition, the failed sinking-boat plot, the brutal stabbing on a quiet Campanian beach, and Nero's desperate cover-up. Drawing on Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio, we explore the politics of fear that drove a son to kill his mother — and the price Rome paid for it. Was it cold-blooded tyranny, or a terrible act born of paranoia and manipulation? Lucas and Luna dive into the sources, the…
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