Thursday, August 23, 2012

Ancient poem praising Emperor Nero deciphered


It was found at Oxyrhynchus Egypt and dates to about 200 years after his death, leaving researchers with a mystery, who wrote it and why?

http://www.livescience.com/22650-ancient-poem-praises-nero-poppaea.html
Posted by Owen Jarus at 2:19 PM

1 comment:

  1. COMMEDIASeptember 26, 2012 at 11:33 PM

    http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/26/a-cold-case-of-historical-bias/

    On the fact that Nero was no as bad as thought...

    Bests. Angelo

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