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Nero's Temple of Peace: After the Fire
In the years after the Great Fire of 64 AD, Nero didn't just rebuild Rome—he remade her skyline. This episode walks through the emperor's most audacious building projects, from the soaring golden roof of his new theater to the exotic gardens that swallowed the Palatine, and the practical, almost modern, innovations like vaulted concrete markets and the first domed hall of the age. Lucas and Luna trace how Nero's architectural ego collided with the needs of a devastated city, why his successors hated his legacy enough to bury his name, and how one structure—the Temple of…
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