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Nero's Poison: The Death of Britannicus
In 55 AD, Nero's stepbrother Britannicus dropped dead at a dinner party. The official story was an epileptic seizure, but rumors of poisoning by Nero himself spread immediately. This episode digs into the night of the death, the political stakes — Britannicus was the son of Claudius and a direct threat to Nero's throne — and the shifting factions at court. We examine the accounts of Tacitus and Suetonius, the alleged poisoner Locusta, and the aftermath: how this murder (if it happened) cemented Nero's rule and his reputation. Was it a cold-blooded elimination of a rival, or a…
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