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Death of an Empress: Nero and Agrippina | Story + Historical Commentary

Death of an Empress: Nero and Agrippina | Story + Historical Commentary

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*Stay tuned after the story for analysis and commentary!* The Roman emperor Nero's murder of his own mother, the empress Agrippina the Younger, is among his most shocking crimes. A lurid tale of power, conspiracy, and violence emerges as the unstable Nero plots the death of an empress.


A story from Roman history (Early Imperial Period, Julio-Claudian dynasty, 59 AD), based on Tacitus' Annals, featuring: Agrippina the Younger (Julia Agrippina), Nero, Seneca, Burrus, Anicetus


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Music by Kevin MacLeod


Thumbnail Images:Relief of Nero and Agrippina from the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias, Turkey: c. 54-59 CE, Aphrodisias Museum
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