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Nero
in
The Hidden Oracle
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- Our enemy is Emperor Nero.†
p. 253.9 *Nero = Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (37-68 AD)
- Nero hadn't changed much in one thousand nine hundred and some-odd years.†
p. 271.1
- Then again, Nero had always had expensive, impractical tastes.†
p. 271.4
- "Emperor Nero," I said.†
p. 271.5
- Nero will do.†
p. 271.6
- Against Nero and his seven-foot-tall bodyguards, I had a Brazilian handkerchief, a packet of ambrosia, and some brass wind chimes.†
p. 271.8
- Nero chuckled.†
p. 271.9
- One of Nero's guards said something in his ear.†
p. 272.2
- "Ah, sorry," Nero corrected.†
p. 272.4
- Nero shrugged.†
p. 272.6
- I found it just like Nero to go claiming major metropolitan areas that clearly belonged to me.†
p. 272.7
- Nero made a snide little barking sound in the back of his nose.†
p. 272.8
- Nero arched his eyebrows.†
p. 273.1
- "Stop," Nero said.†
p. 273.4
- Nero grinned at me.†
p. 273.5
- Nero put his hand to his chest.†
p. 273.6
- Nero had been the last of the Julian line.†
p. 273.9
- Wh-what do you want, Nero?†
p. 274.1
- Nero's eyes gleamed.†
p. 274.2
- Nero shrugged.†
p. 274.7
- I was now fully convinced of Nero's insanity.†
p. 275.4
- Nero clasped his hands as if in prayer.†
p. 275.9
- I realized the karpos was not here to protect us from Nero.†
p. 276.3
- This is Nero.†
p. 276.7
- I could not fully grasp this before Nero spread his arms.†
p. 276.8
- Nero smiled.†
p. 277.8
- I could not imagine her as Imperial anything—definitely not as a part of Nero's entourage.†
p. 278.1
- Nero clapped politely.†
p. 278.2
- I saw now that their fused trunks were marred from Nero's previous efforts—chain-saw scars, burn marks, bites from ax blades, even some bullet holes.†
p. 278.5
- Nero, what have you done?†
p. 278.7
- "Come now," Nero said.†
p. 279.1
- He's the emperor who—" "Don't say it," Nero warned.†
p. 280.1
- Facing Nero, I remembered all the tawdry details of his rule—the extravagance and cruelty that had made him so embarrassing to me, his forefather.†
p. 280.2
- Nero was that relative you never wanted to invite to Lupercalia dinner.†
p. 280.3
- Nero snarled.†
p. 280.4
- Nero rolled his eyes.†
p. 280.5
- Talking seemed better than my other options, like helping Nero or dying.†
p. 280.7
- "After the Great Fire," I told her, "instead of rebuilding the houses on Palatine Hill, Nero leveled the neighborhood and built a new palace—the Domus Aurea."†
p. 280.7
- Nero got a dreamy look on his face.†
p. 280.8
- "Indeed," Nero agreed.†
p. 281.1
- I understand it became famous as the Colossus of Nero!†
p. 281.1
- Nero puffed up his chest.†
p. 281.2
- Nero waved dismissively.†
p. 281.7
- Nero, you wouldn't—†
p. 281.9
- "They will he released," Nero promised, "as long as Apollo cooperates."†
p. 281.9
- Nero said.†
p. 282.2
- Nero ...you didn't say anything about making them into torches.†
p. 282.3
- "I would be careful," Nero warned.†
p. 282.6
- Nero cared about me, Apollo.†
p. 282.9
- "But—" Nero snorted.†
p. 283.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(Nero as in: the Roman emperor) the Roman emperor who famously may have "fiddled while Rome burned" during the great fire of AD 64 (CE 64) --- known for cruelty, extravagance, and persecution of Christians (37-68 AD)Nero became emperor as a teenager and was initially guided by advisors, but he later descended into tyranny. He was blamed for the killing of his own mother and rivals, and for wasting massive amounts of money on luxuries.
After the great fire of Rome in AD 64 (aka Common Era 64)—which destroyed much of the city—rumors spread that Nero played the lyre (a small harp, not a fiddle) and sang while watching the devastation from his palace. He needed a scapegoat, so he unjustly blamed the fire on the rapidly growing Christian community and began persecuting them mercilessly. Consequently, Nero's name has come to stand for a cruel, self-serving, and irresponsible ruler. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)