Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · May 26 "I began to hate you after you became the murderer of your mother and your wife, a charioteer and actor, and an arsonist." - Subrius Flavius, to Nero, as recounted by Tacitus
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I remember a late 90s/early 2000s documentary where an academic said that Nero acting appalled the Romans the way the US President mud-wrestling would appal us - except the US now has a Pro Wrestling president who's getting a UFC arena at the White House for his birthday