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Nero's Poisoned Chalice: The Death of Britannicus
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore one of Nero's earliest and most notorious crimes: the poisoning of his stepbrother Britannicus in 55 AD. Drawing on Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio, they revisit the fraught imperial household after Claudius's death, Agrippina's waning influence, and the power struggle between the young emperor and his mother. Lucas explains the circumstances of the murder—how Britannicus was poisoned at a dinner party with a deliberately heated drink—and what it tells us about Nero's ruthlessness, his relationship with the Praetorian Guard, and…
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