Posts Tagged With: Nero

THE IDES

 

“A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within.”

 

~ Ariel Durant ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2019.


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STATE OF THE ONION

 

“The possession of unlimited power
will make a despot of almost any man.
There is a possible Nero
in the gentlest human creature that walks.”

 

~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a crop of an original photo of street art taken in Wiesbaden, Germany in June 2016.


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NERO


 

…the Roman Emperor Nero was born today in 37 CE…

 

 

 000 neroPhoto of Nero on a Roman coin taken in December 2015. From the author’s personal collection.


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