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	Political Bull - Political Essays about the world we inhabit
		Nero is well-known for having been the prime suspect in the setting of an immense fire that destroyed much of Rome.
		Whether he deliberately set the fire or not, one thing is certain: Nero used the devastation as a means to lay blame on a certain segment of society, thereby granting him the public favor to carry out his tortures and atrocities against the Christians.
		Furthermore, the decree went on to open the doors for death or imprisonment as a means of punishment for a number of crimes including opposition to the decree itself.
	www.politicalbull.net /stateterrorism.shtml (802 words)

	Vision of the Ages [Chapter I: Preliminary Observations].
		A certain class of expositors have held that John was banished to Patmos during the reign of Nero, about A. 64, and before the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place A. This assumption is necessary to their system, which holds that the destruction of Jerusalem is the great subject in the mind of the prophet.
		Had it not been that a date earlier than the [16] overthrow of the Jewish nation was rendered necessary by this theory, it is probable that no one would ever have held that John's exile was earlier than the reign of Domitian.
		All of Africa, as far south as the desert which stopped the [22] progress of the Roman armies: all of Asia, west of the Euphrates; all of Europe, south of the Danube and west of the Rhine, with the island of Great Britain in the Northern Ocean, were a part of the mighty Roman fabric.
	www.futurerevealed.com /biblical/commentary/ages/VOTA01.htm (2860 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Nero by Jacob Abbott
		Nero was engaged, while this work was going on, in pulling the briers out of his clothes and flesh, and being thirsty, he went down to a ditch that was near, and drank, taking up the water in his hands.
		Nero now felt relieved from the extreme terror which he had suffered during his flight [317] but the feelings of terror subsided in his mind, only to give place to the still more dreadful pangs of remorse and horror.
		Nero stared at them as they advanced to take hold of him, with a wild and frightful expression of countenance, which shocked all who saw him, and in the midst of this agony of terror, he sank down and died.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=nero&story=end (3786 words)

	Nero - Dancing with the Devil
		Nero had a deprived childhood, he was taken from his mother when he was 2, when his uncle Caligula took the throne he sent Nero's family into exile circa 39 A.D. When he was 3 years old his father died.
		Nero gave his own gardens for this spectacle and performed a Circus game, in the habit of a charioteer mixing with the plebs or driving about the race-course.
		Nero's actions in his persecution of the Christians was the catalyst that led to the Rise of Christianity in Europe and initiated the Age of the Gentile.
	www.geocities.com /nephilimnot/nero.html (1082 words)

	Nexus » Movie Review: Quo Vadis (1951)
		After Nero announces both his decision and also his plans to rebuild Rome under the name “Neropolis,” Vinicius bolts and goes to Rome in his chariot and succeeds in overcoming the Praetorians at the bridge to save multitudes from death.
		However, Nero decides with the help of his slutty Empress Poppaea (Patricia Laffan) that in order to deflect the blame from him, a victim needs to be scapegoated.
		Nero then decrees that it was the Christians who burned Rome and as such, they are to be all rounded up and fed to the lions in the colisseum as public entertainment.
	www.omgn.com /nexus?p=280 (669 words)

	Daniel - Mark Alvis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The decree in view was the proclamation of Cyrus in 538 B.C. This royal decree is referred to in II Chronicles 36:22-23 and Ezra 1:1-4.
		Nero, the "anointed one" of Daniel 9:25-27, was used of God to destroy the "Babylon" which was greatly afflicting the followers of Christ (see I Thess.
		Nero did not live to see his orders fulfilled because he was declared a public enemy by the Roman Senate and cut his own throat in June of A.D. The prophetic section ends in Daniel 12:1-3.
	www.caledonianfire.org /caledonianfire/docs/daniel.htm (5094 words)

	(77) Nero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nero appointed the distinguished general Domitius Corbulo to take charge of the Roman interests in the region, and his successful campaigns from A.D. 58 to 62, as much diplomatic as military, caused the Parthians to withdraw.
		The triumphal arch depicted on the reverse of this sestertius is thought to be the arch the Senate awarded Nero for the peace that resulted.
		On top of the arch, Nero in his triumphal quadriga is escorted by Victoria and Pax, representing the peace achieved through the victory in Armenia.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/077.html (306 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Ancient: Appendix VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nero was the adopted son of Emperor Claudius who came to power when Nero's mother, Claudius' niece Agrippina who was also Claudius' fourth wife, had her husband murdered.
		Nero's involvement with the Jewish population in the city of Rome was the context of the most widely known aspect of his reign, the persecution of Christians.
		Nero's assessment of Christianity was based in part, no doubt, on the inflammatory, self-serving reports of anti-Christian Jews, and in part on the clear and continuous reports of anti-social, anti-Roman, terrorist-like zealot behavior emanating from Judea.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht3463aa06.html (13897 words)

	April 12, Every-Day Book
		Her appeals were answered by the seizure of her person, and the binding of her limbs; her veins were opened, but her blood, stagnant through fear, issued slowly, and she was stifled in the steam of a boiling bath.
		The common people were driven by this conflagration to the tombs and monuments for shelter; and Nero himself beheld the flames from a tower on the top of Mæcenas's house, and sung a ditty on the destruction of Troy, in the dress which he used to perform in on the public stage.
		This atrocious want of feeling occasioned the saying— "Nero fiddled while Rome was burning." To divert the hideousness of this crime from himself, he transferred the guilt to the Christians.
	www.uab.edu /english/hone/etexts/edb/day-pages/102-april12.html (866 words)

	Nero's Temple of Janus Coins
		The coins of Nero bearing the temple of Janus reverse motif are generally accepted to refer to the peace following cessation of Corbulo's campaigns against the Parthians and the installation of Tiridates, Parthian nominee for the throne, as King of Armenia.
		This type is scarce; it was issued after Nero's assumption of "Imperator" as a praenomen (mid-66 A.D.) and was probably discontinued when the Jewish war broke out in November 66 A.D., probably causing the doors of the Temple of Janus to be opened once again.
		Each one speaking of a specific senatorial decree - those poor craven men fearing for their lives and their wives - both of which Nero was wont to abuse.
	www.parthia.com /rome_nero_janus.htm (568 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ...
		Nero, Gardner Asphalt Corporation, Emulsion Products Company, and Raymond T. Hyer, Jr., Civil Action No. 01:659, was lodged with the United States Court for the District of Delaware on September 28, 2001.
		Two defendants, Antonio V. Nero and The Ed Krewatch Partnership (``Settling Defendants''), have agreed to a settlement memorialized in the partial consent decree.
		The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, District of Delaware, 1201 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE and at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/2002/January/Day-03/f95.htm (376 words)

	Amazon.com: "Nero Drusus": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		and in 19 his younger brother was advanced in the same way as he had been himself: Nero Drusus was to hold the quaestorship in 18, at the age of nineteen, and to be eligible for praetorship and consulship...
		Next the emperor had his stepsons Tiberius and Nero Drusus hailed publicly as victorious generals.
		When he did this, however, there was no lack of heirs of his own blood:...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Nero-Drusus (361 words)

	Of The Ten Bloody Persecutions Which The Christians Suffered Under The Hea Then Emperors Of Rome; The First Of Which ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The contents of these decrees were as follows, "If any one confesses that he is a Christian, he shall be put to death, without further trial, as a convicted enemy of mankind." loh.
		For this spectacle Nero gave the use of his gardens, and appeared himself among the people in the garb of a charioteer, taking an active part in the Circusian games; himself standing in the circus, and, as charioteer, guiding a chariot.
		According to ancient records he was then beheaded at the command of Nero, outside of Rome, on the road that leads to Ostia, called Via Ostiensis, where the Romans used to have their place of execution, in the last year of Nero, or about A.D. Joh.
	www.homecomers.org /mirror/martyrs011.htm (4765 words)

	(78) Nero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One consequence of the emperor Nero's monetary reform of c.
		These large coins provided Nero's die-engravers with opportunities to develop not only fine portraits for the obverses but also very detailed reverses designed to remind people of the emperor's good qualities and the services he provided to the people of Rome.
		The reverse of this sestertius commemorates the expansion of the Roman port of Ostia.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/078.html (338 words)

	The fall of the Temple in Jerusalem: Flavius Josephus
		At this time a procurator named Gessius Florus was appointed, and he, by his barbarities, forced the Jews to begin the war in the twelfth year of the reign of Nero and the seventeenth of the reign of Agrippa.
		The decree of Nero had assigned the magistracy of that city to the Greeks.
		NERO died after having reigned thirteen years and eight days, and Vespasian, being informed of the event, waited for a whole year, holding his army together instead of proceeding against Jerusalem.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/templejer_cg.html (3668 words)

	CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Notes: "The great-great grandson of Augustus, Nero was adopted by the emperor Claudius and given the throne over Claudius' real son Britannicus, who was murdered in 55 CE.
		Nero was also considered to be a very odd ruler.
		Nero's fall from power was a true soap opera.
	www.ripon.edu /clark_collection/coin4.html (610 words)

	Peter in Rome (This Rock: May-June 2001)
		The Fathers are unanimous in declaring that he went to Rome and was martyred there under the pagan emperor Nero.
		With that Church, because of its superior origin, all the churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world, and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition.
		It is recorded that Paul was beheaded in Rome itself, and Peter, likewise, was crucified, during the reign [of the Emperor Nero].
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/2001/0105frs.asp (1114 words)

	Unusual Wines - Chianti
		The 'gallo nero' or fl cockerel is the trademark of the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico and appears on the neck label of members wines.
		His decree was the world's first legal document defining a wine production area.
		Two cities, Florence and Siena were growing weary of never ending warfare and decided to settle their boundary dispute by means of a contest.
	www.winelabels.org /artgallo.htm (524 words)

	Copy protection - Uncyclopedia
		In 62 AD, Emperor Nero issued a decree that would severely punish any person who attempted to reproduce any written work.
		The wrath of the Roman Empire was soon felt on the unassuming public when Nero set Rome on fire for a week in 64 AD to punish all violators of the copy protection decree.
		The RIAA has also sponsored these new technologies, and they have announced that these recent drawbacks in beta testing will not discourage their initiative to prevent all people from downloading movies, music, and general information off of the internet.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Copy_protection (957 words)

	Adolf Hitler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as Chancellor in the Reichstag chamber with thousands of Nazi supporters looking on and cheering.
		After the Reichstag was set on fire (and the communists were blamed for it), the Reichstag Fire Decree suspended civil liberties.
		A series of decrees followed soon after the passage of the Enabling Act.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Adolf-Hitler.htm (6256 words)

	TheBibleForum.com - Outline of Revelation
		Afterwards the beast of the abyss (Nero Caesar) issues a decree to persecute by death the Christians.
		After Nero’s decree, kill the Christians, they did.
		Symbolized the invasion of Judea by Nero’s forces — the resulting calamities were recognized as the first of 3 woes.
	www.thebibleforum.com /new/showthread.php?s=35c85e937f33792508bf2bfb482e1cf1&goto=newpost&t=416 (2665 words)

	PETER IN ROME (This Rock: January 1997)
		With that church, because of its superior origin, all the churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world, and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition" (ibid., 3:3:2).
		"It is recorded that Paul was beheaded in Rome itself and Peter, likewise, was crucified, during the reign [of the Emperor Nero].
		It was marvelous enough, and yet no marvel at all, for Peter was there—he that carries about the keys of heaven.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/1997/9701frs.asp (668 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On this day in 1945, about 800 people were killed as Kamikaze planes attacked the US carrier "Franklin" off Japan; the ship, however, was saved.
		On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree," ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
		On this day in 1976, Buckingham Palace announced the separation of Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of marriage.
	www.lava.net /~ac/date/03/19.htm (349 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Hitler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On the morning of January 30, 1933, in Hindenburg's office, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor during what some observers later described as a brief and indifferent ceremony.
		After the Reichstag was set on fire (and the communists were blamed for it), the Reichstag Fire Decree (28 February) suspended basic rights including habeas corpus.
		On 5 March 1933, in elections marred by paramilitary violence, the Nazis received 43.9% of the vote, which brought the coalition between them and the DNVP an absolute majority.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Hitler (8542 words)

	666, The Number of the Beast
		Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) asserted explicitly that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ; further defined at the Council of Florence in the Decree for the Greeks (1439) and Vatican Council I in Pastor Aerternus (1870).
		And we ordain and decree that he shall have the supremacy as well over the four principal seats, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople, as also over all the churches of God in the whole earth.
		Earlier commentators spent considerable time in trying to determine the personality of the beast, and they referred it to Nero Caesar; for by supplying the numerals for the Hebrew characters in his name, the number 666 was obtained.
	www.aloha.net /~mikesch/666.htm (9484 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistles of Saint Peter
		persecutions rather than to that of Nero; besides, some authors consider that the Epistle does not al all suppose an official persecution, the allusions being readily explained by the countless difficulties and annoyances to which Jews and pagans subjected the Christians.
		The Epistle, they say, having been written from Rome, where the persecution must have raged in all its horror, we naturally look for clear and indisputable indications of it, but the general theme of the
		The most probable opinion is that which places it about the end of the year 63 or the beginning of 64; and St. Peter having suffered martyrdom at Rome in 64 (67?) the Epistle could not be subsequent to that
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11752a.htm (3199 words)

	News
		A New Version of things is being attempted, for the little folk of NERO.
		Check our Out Of Game Board for more information, if you are interested in learned about NERO Jr.
		As was pointed out on the message board, quite a few people graduated recently.
	www.nero.nb.ca /print.php?id=44&articleid=38 (2286 words)

	More on Holocaust
		Hitler's closest lieutenants urged him to flee to Bavaria or Austria to make a last stand in the mountains, but he was determined to die in his capital.
		Convinced that if Germany couldn't win the war that it should not exist, Hitler, on March 19, 1945, ordered that all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed (see Nero Decree).
		His armies crumbling, and with Soviet forces fighting their way into central Berlin, Hitler killed himself in his Berlin bunker on 30 April 1945, He was 56.
	www.eduhistory.com /holocaust.htm (1058 words)

	The Beasts, a Sermon
		these kings had the name Nero, this fifth head was the notorious Nero: the Nero who entertained his friends by killing his mother; the Nero who married himself to men, women and boys; the Nero who fiddled while Rome burned
		Nero had thrown open the gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or drove about in a chariot.
		Revelation 13:3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder.
	jacksonsnyder.com /arc/2005/beastssermon.htm (3841 words)

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