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Nero's Secret Waterway: The Fucine Lake Drainage
Before the Great Fire, before the Pisonian conspiracy, Nero tackled one of imperial Rome's biggest engineering challenges: draining the Fucine Lake. This episode tracks the project's history from Julius Caesar's dream to Claudius's grand inauguration with a naval battle, then focuses on Nero's completion of the works in 54 CE. We explore the 11-kilometre tunnel through Monte Salviano, the role of the imprisoned workforce, the political symbolism, and the environmental fallout. Lucas and Luna also touch on the later collapse of the drainage under later emperors…
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