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Nero's Ghost: The Emperor Who Haunted Rome
Nero died in 68 CE, but his ghost refused to leave Rome. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the bizarre afterlife of the last Julio-Claudian — from the lookalikes who sparked revolts to the mysterious 'False Nero' who dazzled Parthia, to the cursed tomb and the superstitions that clung to his memory. They trace how a tyrant's reputation was weaponized by emperors like Vespasian and Domitian, and how a centuries-old haunting shaped the very idea of imperial power. With stops at the Pisonian conspiracy's shadow, the Sibylline oracles, and the strange cult of Nero…
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