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* Scullard, Howard H. ''From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68.'' (1963) [http://www.questia.

...combined with exact ancestral relations. This pattern was reiterated by [[Nero]] at the beginning of his funerary oration for [[Claudius]] ''antiquitatem

...uccessors to [[Sherlock Holmes]] (the other two are [[Father Brown]] and [[Nero Wolfe]]) and that H.M., "according to me is an old bore." This may be in p

...ns were killed or injured. The riot came to the attention of the Emperor [[Nero]] who ordered the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] to investigate.<ref>Grant, ''Citi ...d her family owned several properties in Pompeii.<ref>Miriam T. Griffin, ''Nero: The End of a Dynasty'' (London: Routledge, 1987), 102.</ref>

...ns were killed or injured. The riot came to the attention of the Emperor [[Nero]] who ordered the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] to investigate.<ref>Grant, ''Citi ...d her family owned several properties in Pompeii.<ref>Miriam T. Griffin, ''Nero: The End of a Dynasty'' (London: Routledge, 1987), 102.</ref>

...]], is sometimes thought to be a ciphertext referring to the Roman Emperor Nero, one of whose policies was persecution of Christians<ref name=Biblecommentt

As is generally the case with long-running fictional protagonists such as [[Nero Wolfe]] and [[Matt Helm]], Hambledon eventually became both non-aging and w

...rate emperors as [[Caligula]], [[Nero]], and [[Commodus]]. It is said that Nero wore a breastplate of lead, ostensibly to strengthen his voice, as he fiddl

...).<ref>Suetonius, ''Nero'' 41.1; Cassius Dio, ''Roman History'' 63.22.4–6. Nero however was himself so proud and self-absorbed that such criticism didn't b

...).<ref>Suetonius, ''Nero'' 41.1; Cassius Dio, ''Roman History'' 63.22.4–6. Nero however was himself so proud and self-absorbed that such criticism didn't b

...bly under [[Tiberius]] and not before the year AD 29, because a man called Nero Iulius Caesar is known as ''flamen Augustalis'' (probably by AD 26–29), w

...as [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Hercule Poirot]] or [[Rex Stout|Rex Stout's]] [[Nero Wolfe]], he did have a number of characters who appeared off and on through

..., from the notoriety which it obtained through the Circensian pleasures of Nero. A fourth, the Circus of Maxentius, was constructed by Maxentius; the ruins

...te Socrates' death by hemlock when forced to commit suicide by the Emperor Nero.