![]() ![]() Nero preferred war games rather than war he adored watching gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Nero's mother Agrippina was pulling the strings early on. Probably torn from a statue when a Roman settlement was sacked by Boudica's army, it's a tangible artefact of hatred towards Nero and his empire. He had to wage war against the Parthians and counter Boudica's rebellion back in Britain The Man Behind the Myth shows human remains from the battles, plus a bronze head of Nero found in Suffolk. After a paranoid Nero had his mother killed - in a self-sinking boat no less - she disappeared from the currency altogether. But as Nero grew into his role, he grasped more control, and later coins giving them equal billing. She'd done much manoeuvring to win him the title, and relished the power and perks that came from having an emperor for a son.Ĭoins from Nero's early reign give Agrippina more prominence to her image than his. When Nero became Emperor, aged 16, it was his mum who was pulling the strings. © MiC Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari A bust of Nero as a young man, looking steely eyed. If this all sounds very Game of Thrones so far, then meet Ancient Rome's very own Cersei Lannister - Agrippina, mother of Nero. ![]()
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