Nero

Media:Example.ogg Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh; 15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD), originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, was the fifth emperor of Rome, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty line of emperors. He was adopted by the Roman emperor Claudius at the age of thirteen, and succeeded him to the throne at the age of seventeen. Nero was popular with the lower-class Roman citizens during his time and his reign is commonly associated with unrestricted tyranny, extravagance, religious persecution and debauchery.

Nero was born in Antium, south of Rome, in AD 37. When Nero was two years old, his father died of edema, which enabled his mother (Agrippina the Younger) to marry the emperor Claudius. Nero was initially heavily guided by his mother Agrippina, his tutor Seneca the Younger, and Roman official Afranius Burrus.

Nero received a classical education (including Greek, philosophy and rhetoric) under the tutelage of Seneca, who was to become a major influence throughout his early reign. However, these early years saw Nero attempting to free himself from all such advisors and become his own man. As time passed, Nero played a more active role in government and foreign policy and came to rely much less on his initial influences.

Nero focused much of his attention on diplomacy and trade, as well as on the cultural life of the empire. He ordered the construction of amphitheaters and promoted athletic games. He also made public appearances as an actor, poet, musician, and charioteer. This extravagant, empire-wide program of public and private works was funded by a rise in taxation—a move that was much resented by the upper class. In contrast, his populist-style of rule remained well-admired among the lower classes (of both Rome and the Roman provinces) until his death and beyond.

Most Roman sources (including the Ancient Roman historians Suetonius and Cassius Dio) offer overwhelmingly negative assessments of his personality and reign. The contemporary historian Tacitus claims the Roman people thought him compulsive and corrupt. Suetonius tells that many Romans believed that the Great Fire of Rome was instigated by Nero as a way to clear land for his planned palatial complex, the Domus Aurea.[3] Also, according to Tacitus, he was said to have seized Christians as scapegoats for the fire, and had them burned alive, seemingly motivated not by public justice but by personal cruelty.

The Life of Nero

Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars, p87 The Life of Nero

2. Ahenobarbi family "were called Lucius, the next three in order Gnaeus, while all those that followed were called in turn first Lucius and then Gnaeus. It seems to me worth while to give an account of several members of this family, to show more clearly that though Nero degenerated from the good qualities of his ancestors, he yet reproduced the vices of each of them, as if transmitted to him by natural inheritance."

"5. He had by the elder Antonia a son Domitius who became the father of Nero, a man hateful in every walk of life; for when he had gone to the East on the staff of the young Gaius Caesar,​8 he slew one of his own freedmen for refusing to drink as much as he ordered, and when he was in consequence dismissed from the number of Gaius' friends, he lived not a whit less lawlessly. On the contrary, in a village on the Appian Way, suddenly whipping up his team, he purposely ran over and killed a boy; and right in the Roman Forum he gouged out the eye​ of a Roman knight for being too outspoken in chiding him. 2 He was moreover so dishonest that he not only cheated some bankers of the prices of wares which he had bought, but in his praetorship he even defrauded the victors in the chariot races of the amount of their prizes. When for this reason he was held up to scorn by the jests of his own sister, and the managers of the troupes made complaint, he issued an edict​11 that the prizes should thereafter be paid on the spot. Just before the death of Tiberius he was also charged with treason, as well as with acts of adultery and incest with his sister Lepida, but escaped owing to the change of rulers and died of dropsy at Pyrgi, after acknowledging​ Nero son of Agrippina, the daughter of Germanicus."

6. " Nero was born at Antium nine months after the death of Tiberius,... his father Domitius ... said that "nothing that was not abominable and a public bane could be born of Agrippina and himself."

7. "In the eleventh​(or 13th?) year of his age he was adopted by Claudius and consigned to the training of Annaeus Seneca, who was then already a senator. "

Seneca was a tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.

8. "When the death of Claudius was made public, Nero, who was seventeen years old... unbounded honours that were heaped upon him refusing but one, the title of father of his country, and that because of his youth.

10. "The more oppressive sources of revenue he either abolished or moderated. He reduced the rewards paid to informers against violators of the Papian law​ to one fourth of the former amount. He distributed four hundred sesterces to each man of the people, and granted to the most distinguished of the senators who were without means an annual salary,​ to some as much as five hundred thousand sesterces; and to the praetorian cohorts he gave a monthly allowance of grain free of cost. 2 When he was asked according to custom to sign the warrant for the execution of a man who had been condemned to death, he said: "How I wish I had never learned to write!" He greeted men of all orders off-hand and from memory.​"

11 "He gave many entertainments of different kinds: the Juvenales, chariot races in the Circus, stage-plays, and a gladiatorial show."

15 "In the administration of justice he was reluctant to render a decision to those who presented cases, except on the following day and in writing. ... then gave a verdict according to his own inclination, as if it were the view of the majority." see Apotheos

17. "It was in his reign that a protection against forgers was first devised, by having no tablets signed that were not bored with holes through which a cord was thrice passed. In the case of wills it was provided that the first two leaves should be presented to the signatories​48 with only the name of the testator written upon them, and that no one who wrote a will for another should put down a legacy for himself; further, that clients should pay a fixed and reasonable fee for the services of their advocates,​ but nothing at all for benches, which were to be furnished free of charge by the public treasury; finally as regarded the pleading of cases, that those connected with the treasury should be transferred to the Forum​50 and a board of arbiters, and that any appeal from the juries should be made to the senate."

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/suetonius/12caesars/nero*.html

"Anthony and Cleopatra had lowered the purity of their silver coins by 10%. Nero reduced the weight of the denarii from 3.5 grams to 3.36 and their fineness from 98% to 93.5% silver. Before the middle of the third century coins had become 40% silver and by its end was just .02% silver. Inflation continued from 600% to over 40,000%. The price of a modius of wheat went from 8 drachmas to 120,000. In the fourth century Diocletian attempted to enforce price controls with capital punishment. Society was crushed. A pound of gold came to cost 2.1 billion denarii." See Temple of Diana

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People make excuses and seek distraction from the simple truth that through covetous practices people are made a surety for debt, become merchandise and curse children with that debt:

The number 666 was supposed to be the number of a name and of course could be Nero who was the ruler and Emperor of Rome.

All sorts of questions may arise.

Did Nero commit suicide or fake his death?

Did he marry a Jewish princess and flee with a vast treasure as legends have suggested?

Where are his descendants?

If the Beast represented Rome then what is the "image of the Beast" and who will rule this new Rome?

This and many more things may be addressed on the Network or in person but what good is it to know the answers if you do not sit down in the Tens as commanded by Christ and love your neighbor as yourself?

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Audios

First hour in series on FEMA. The Living Network. The church in the wilderness. Fat, Stored wealth. Central treasury. Walled-in camp. Trap and a snare. Talking to a TV producer about the kingdom. Grandma, and the escaped pig, stories demonstrate real bonds. The bonds created with oaths, contracts and swearing won't hold. Going to church to “feel good.” Satanic gospel: Believe only. Fervent charity. Vast systems of welfare in Rome. Suspicion became a crime in Rome. In preserved letter a soldier asks family to mail fishing tackle to him in ancient Britain. Conscripted fathers of Rome. Ancient false flag event, The burning of Rome, Nero. The welfare of the Pharisees made the word of God to none effect. Wikipedia, Tithing and taxes, Free will offerings in Old Testament. Forcing your neighbor to contribute to your welfare. Call no man on earth father. The Christian church became the FEMA of their day. Earthquakes in Mid-west, Mississippi river flowed backwards. You need to become your own FEMA based on freewill offerings. FEMA, Faith Emergency Ministry Auxiliary. If you don't exercise you get weak; The body of Christ is out of shape. Other social welfare systems will fail and millions will die. Feeding everybody too lazy to work is not charity. Kingdom not of this world. Christians were supplying aid better than the Roman government.

http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/020/141011FEMA01lr.mp3

Second hour in series on FEMA, Faith Emergency Ministry Auxiliary. What is your allegiance to? Stand by Israel. A nation by itself is just a people. Stop the killer, but vengeance belongs to God. I stand with righteousness. Allegiance to an institution is idolatry. Roof story. Worst case scenarios; Would you kill? Benefactors that exercise authority versus the charity of Christ. How do you join the Living Network? Getting on more radio stations. Eating your neighbor by collecting welfare. The border collie that wasn't that bright. Become doers of the word. What did Christ say to do? Corban of Judea. The free bread and circuses that destroyed Rome. Most people calling themselves Christians are dependent on benefactors that exercise authority. Given over to perversions. We're not trying to create a new religion here, we're trying to conform to Christ. If you're not going to sacrifice, you're not coming in the name of Christ. Breath of Christ.

http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/020/141011FEMA02lr.mp3

Third hour in series on FEMA. Taking care of the elderly. Socialized medicine in Rome. The giving nature of Americans is still alive and well. Charity; What made America great? David Crockett's vote; Fire in Washington D.C. Originally there was no public social welfare in America except that which was from freewill offerings. Body of Christ is out of shape. The truth of the gospel is trying to set you free. Nicolaitans. Last local robbery story. Articles on dialectic. People who care are more precious than gold. Fervent charity covers a multitude of sins. Giving all to the poor yet having no charity?

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Fourth hour in series on FEMA. Movie review of recent flick 'Son of God'. Rome invited into Judea by the Pharisees before the time of Jesus. Rome brought with it government sponsored welfare. Aqueduct built by Pontius Pilate. Royal treasury; Corban. Temple of Roma. According to the historical record Pontius Pilate became a Christian. Caiaphas the high priest. Josephus' account of phenomena in the sky. Pure Religion. Why were the Egyptians giving gold and gifts to the Israelites? Book, Thy Kingdom Comes. Daily ministration. If you seek the kingdom of God they'll kick you out. Firing the porters of the temple. We can do better. Weightier matters. Greg's ancestors in the military. Welfare cities. Public education is socialism. Work ethic.

http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/020/141011FEMA04sonofGod.mp3