Classical Studies 2903A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Poppaea Sabina, Vestal Virgin, Sestertius

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2903A/B
• Professor: Alexander Meyer

Document Summary

When claudius was poisoned, agrippina was there, and nero seemed to have been there. It see(cid:373)s as though the death (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t a(cid:374)(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)ed u(cid:374)til a(cid:396)(cid:396)a(cid:374)ge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:373)ade that. Nero could be emperor: nero was escorted to the pritorian camp to receive the acclaimation of the pritorian. Recall that they had the power to name a new emperor. Burrus had been the head of the pritorian bodyguard for quite a few years and acted as ne(cid:396)o"s (cid:272)hief ad(cid:448)iso(cid:396) fo(cid:396) (cid:395)uite so(cid:373)e ti(cid:373)e (cid:449)ith e(cid:374)e(cid:272)a. February 55 bc, brittanicus was poisoned: could have happened because agrippina was threatening to promote him to emperor instead of nero. This was the time that burrus and seneca were closely guiding nero: suetonius argues that agrippina was the one who was guiding him, regardless, he was behaving himself while his mother was still alive. Five years of just rule: he more or less behaved.