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Nero's Personal Religion: The Sun God and the Emperor
We all know Nero as the man who fiddled while Rome burned, but few know about his deep personal devotion to the sun god Sol. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Nero's religious innovations—how he merged Greek and Roman sun worship, his construction of a colossal solar temple, and the political implications of identifying the emperor with the sun. They discuss the influence of the Greek god Helios, the solar imagery on Nero's coinage, and the controversial claim that Nero staged the Great Fire to clear land for his Domus Aurea and solar temple. They also touch on the later cult…
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