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The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2010

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Nero's popularity with the people began to wane in the early 60s AD. Things got so bad that after the Great Fire of Rome swept through the city, many held Nero responsible.

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0:38.3	This week, I'm going to branch out from Roman history and recommend picking up the classic
0:43.0	March of Folly by Barbara Tuckman, which is an excellent investigation of how governments
0:48.1	often act against their own self-interest, starting by trying to answer the age-old question
0:53.2	of why did the Trojans bring that giant horse into their city.
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1:07.0	Hello and welcome to the history of Rome.
1:11.4	Episode 666666.
1:15.8	At the end of last week's episode, I hinted that today we would be getting into the
1:19.3	Great Jewish Revolt, which erupted in Judea in 66 AD and led the destruction of Jerusalem
1:25.3	in 70 AD.
1:26.8	However, as I began to unpack my outline for this week, I quickly realized that this
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