Word: nero
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lecture last evening before the Classical Club, Mr. Parker carefully considered the reign of Nero, and compared the true historical facts with those given in "Quo Vadis." He characterized this book as misleading in many ways, but most of all in the description which it gives of the condition of society during the last years of Nero. The emperor and his court were corrupt beyond description, but to extend this licentiousness into all ranks of society is wholly in contradiction to the facts...
Classical Club. The True History of the Reign of Nero. Mr. C. P. Parker. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock this evening Mr. C. P. Parker will lecture before the Classical Club on "The True History of the Reign of Nero." This lecture will be an historical account of the great movements in progress during the reign of Nero rather than a criticism of the writers on that period, although some attention will be paid to the misconceptions arising from the reading of "Quo Vadis" and the general histories of Rome...
Classical Club. The True History of the Reign of Nero. Mr. C. P. Parker. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...received its name from the fact that it was found to contain two seals, bearing the name of Vettius. In the year 79 A. D., when Pompeii was buried, the house was over 160 years old, but had lately been redecorated. A typical Roman house of the time from Nero to Vespasian, it was much more elaborate than was usual at that period. Behind the "atrium," or living room, is found a large court or peristyle, from which opened various small rooms and the large dining room. The latter is more a picture gallery than a room designed for ordinary...