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Nero's Last Days: Flight, Suicide and the Emperor's Ghost
In June 68 AD, Nero's world collapsed. After the revolt of Vindex and Galba, the Praetorian Guard abandoned him, and the Senate declared him a public enemy. Nero fled Rome in disguise to the suburban villa of his freedman Phaon, where he attempted suicide with the help of his secretary Epaphroditus. His famous last words, 'Qualis artifex pereo,' echoed a life lived as a performer. His body was cremated by loyal women, and a cult of Nero redivivus soon sprang up, with multiple impostors claiming to be the resurrected emperor. This episode follows the final hours of Nero, the…
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