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This investigation aims its focus upon the reign of Nero, attempting to asses his significance in both an ancient and modern context. I have chosen this question because I believe despite the chronological distance, Nero’s reign still homes very true to those of modern tyrants and bears important messages to historians.
 * A. Plan of the Investigation:**

In order to answer this question, I have broken my analysis down into Nero’s modern context and a brief discussion of how the modern media portrays his character. Following this, I proceed to analyse Nero’s impact on his empire and discuss the reliabilities and limitations of the ancient historians who wrote about him.

Throughout the study, I make use of both modern and ancient sources, including works by ancient historians Tacitus and Suetonius, works by modern historians like Miriam Griffin and also works by major TV channels which portray the character of Nero*.

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