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Nero and the Assassination of Agrippina
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna delve into one of the most infamous episodes of Nero's reign: the murder of his mother, Agrippina the Younger. They explore the political tensions that led to the plot, the failed shipwreck attempt at Bauli, and the brutal final act at her villa. Drawing on Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio, they examine the shifting allegiances of key figures like Seneca, Burrus, and Anicetus, and the aftermath that haunted Nero's rule. Was it a cold-blooded elimination of a rival, or a desperate move by an emperor pushed to the edge? The…
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