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Nero's Parthian Coronation at Rome's Forum
In 66 AD, the Roman Empire achieved a diplomatic masterstroke that would have seemed impossible a decade earlier. The Parthian prince Tiridates, rightful king of Armenia, traveled to Rome to receive his crown not from his brother Vologases, but from Nero himself. This episode follows Tiridates' nine-month journey from the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Naples, his awe at the Colossus of Nero, and the unprecedented public ceremony where a foreign king knelt and called Nero his god. We explore how Nero turned a military stalemate into a propaganda triumph, closed the gates of the Temple of…
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