Nero was "the beast"... Literally one of the most evil men to exist.
He used to dress up in animal skin and go into the cells of imprisoned Christians and maul/eat them alive. He tied them to poles along the streets and ignited them to light the way for the gladiators at night. Don't even look into his relationship with his mom and how that ended up. This is only the tip of the iceberg...
He was the last and worst of the Julii (family), and obviously mentally ill, but they were all terrible. The Flavians not much better. Maybe Augustus and Vespasian were the "least worst," yet by our standards the Romans were all cruel, capricious, depraved, and in many respects the politicians were analogous to the present ones.
Do you have a source or a book for all this information? I knew that Nero loved to kill Christians via animals, but him purposely lighting the fire to burn Rome and him being a cannibal is all brand new to me.
Nero was "the beast"... Literally one of the most evil men to exist.
He used to dress up in animal skin and go into the cells of imprisoned Christians and maul/eat them alive. He tied them to poles along the streets and ignited them to light the way for the gladiators at night. Don't even look into his relationship with his mom and how that ended up. This is only the tip of the iceberg...
Absolutely mentally ill.
He was the last and worst of the Julii (family), and obviously mentally ill, but they were all terrible. The Flavians not much better. Maybe Augustus and Vespasian were the "least worst," yet by our standards the Romans were all cruel, capricious, depraved, and in many respects the politicians were analogous to the present ones.
Agreed
Do you have a source or a book for all this information? I knew that Nero loved to kill Christians via animals, but him purposely lighting the fire to burn Rome and him being a cannibal is all brand new to me.
Yes he also fed them to animals in the coliseum.
He didn't light them on fire to burn Rome, he used them essentially as "street lights" for night time to light the way to to coliseum.
Don't need a book, it's really available history. Just research it.