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Nero’s Alexandrian Grain Fleet and the Hunger of Rome
When Nero became emperor, Rome depended on a fragile lifeline: the grain fleet from Alexandria. This episode follows the Classis Alexandrina, the navicularii who braved the Mediterranean, and the imperial machinery that kept the annona flowing. Lucas and Luna explore how Nero’s reforms — grain dole logistics, shipbuilding incentives, and port improvements at Ostia and Puteoli — shaped the daily bread of a million Romans. They also touch on the ethical paradox: while Nero built his Golden House, the same fiscus funded grain distributions. The episode weaves in the Digest of Justinian for legal…
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