Nero's Luxuria, in Tacitus and in the _Octavia_

Classical Quarterly 50 (02):494- (2000)
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According to Tacitus, this was Galba's verdict on Nero's fall. The tyrant's undoing had been of his own making. As for what determined the outcome, Galba is unequivocal. Two factors had proved decisive: Nero's immanitas and luxuria

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