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CARLOS FRESNEDA
Correspondent
London
Updated Friday, 28May2021-00: 09
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The life of Pliny The best chronicle of Vesuvius
Suetonius and Tacitus's version 'The most evil man in the world'
Nero Claudio César Augusto Germánico: populist emperor of exaggeratedly bad fame, caused by the
fake news
disclosed by historians such as Tacitus, Suetonius or Dion Cassius.
All three relied on conspiracy theories and the rhetorical figure of
vituperatio
to contribute to a
black legend
which was also joined by Peter Ustinov (with his depraved incarnation in
Quo Vadis?
) And of course Robert Graves, author of the famous
Yo, Claudio,
which gave rise to the television series.
Well
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