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Nero's Pisonian Conspiracy: The Plot That Almost Killed an Emperor
In 65 AD, a sprawling conspiracy nearly ended Nero's reign before the Great Fire and the Domus Aurea. This episode unpacks the Pisonian conspiracy — its charismatic leader Gaius Calpurnius Piso, the disillusioned senators and praetorians who joined him, and the betrayals that unraveled it all. We explore how the plot was hatched in private homes and public baths, who the key figures were (including the poet Lucan and the prefect Faenius Rufus), and why Nero's response — a wave of forced suicides and exiles — permanently poisoned his relationship with the Roman elite. Drawing on…
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