nero fled rome. the biographers of antiquity describe his last hours as the death of a cowardly tyrant not man enough to voluntarily and his own life. bad p.r. until the very end. and yet this emperor did rack up victories even if they weren't on the battlefield. what we can determine is that under nero the latin literature really flourished amid a burst of literary activity felt the pull of the team aspect the positive side of nero's personality was certainly his enthusiasm his love of the arts and culture which had a formative influence on not just in the development of the arts but also in city planning and in entertain. and romans were familiar with greek culture but not so much with things like athletics so he was absolutely pioneering in these respects absolute nor in imposing in the course of that house that he saw himself in the first place as an artist and only in second place as emperor that's why i always describe nero as the emperor artist special. the ancient drama starring emperor nero

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but how would rome react. graffiti appeared accusing nero of matricide one of the worst possible crimes. nero feared rome would seek revenge. when he returned he was actually given a warm welcome from crowds and senators turned out to accompany him into the city so his return took on a triumphant quality this is done and he will follow. but nero had always been fearful and now you're weakened at night gripped by panic agrah pino haunted his dreams. tacitus wrote he's pursued by fury's goddesses of vengeance sent retribution. london filled with. the mad roman emperor insane caesar these are stereotypes that emerged in the late nineteenth century so retroactively it's not be taken at face value it can diagnose a mental condition two thousand years later it was of what we can say is that nero broke unwritten rules of decorum and. he paid the price in the biographies of his first historians who were writing under a new dentist that perceived him as an enemy of the people. of the new. traditionally roman sun just o

shortly before midnight the alitalia plane landed in rome airport. men carrying the passports of our souther and shaikh mohammed yaku had entry visas stamped. he. a transit to use it was issued for the man carrying the passport of. his passport has to this day never been recovered. the three men left the airport after midnight. the libyan embassy in rome it is believed that the three men spent the night here. the next morning september the first nine hundred seventy eight two men checked in at the holiday inn hotel in rome. one was bearded and dressed in a religious robe the other was in civilian clothes the two men checked in for two rooms and paid in cash for a one week stay at the hotel. ten minutes later the two men were seen leaving the hotel both dressed in civilian clothes and carrying luggage. ten days after the disappearance of the a man italian police discovered the luggage and passports of other. crew in the hotel in rome. but. something i something i thought. either. are good. the italian authorities interrogated crew and passengers of th

crew in the hotel in rome. but. something. either. the italian authorities interrogated crew and passengers of the alitalia flight as well as staff at the airport and the hotel after a nine month investigation in a nine hundred seventy nine the italian authorities concluded that in southern and his two companions had not entered italy the libyan regime continued to insist that a southerner and his two companions had left tripoli for libyan assertions were unconvincing is especially as good kept changing his story. couldn't have how well it. had. a lot of this if you want to treat it mean anything with. the killer massage and they know this about whether. they want to talk a. little more the ball more than even the many. many . others given what i think of the. we have to really show what we saw at even. though to get a lot of the idea we're going to really going to do what he would never let me leave you. we're under thirty was only an example move. on the muscles of. the lebanese government and the families of those missing remain su

and it was here that nero lived on in the imagination of the people of rome long after the fall of

the swede shakes his head because he is out of the rome grand prix!nto second, into championship contention, as he takes victory in the first rome e prix. it feels amazing. i think felix had the edge on us but all in all, we hung in there. we just about did enough today. will the team celebrates sam's success and alex's cars are turned to the garage on a recovery truck. it is very resilient. he will have a bad night tonight and then i think tomorrow, he will be back on it, ready to focus on the next race. it was tricky in the garage because you're here to support alex. the other half of the garage is celebrating sam's win. how tough is that for you? will the team celebrates sam's success and alex's cars are turned to the garage on a recovery truck. it is very resilient. he will have a bad night tonight and then i think tomorrow, he will be back on it, ready to focus on the next race. it was tricky in the garage because you're here to support alex. the other half of the garage is celebrating sam's win. how tough is that for you? it's only disappointmen

it is a monument to the flourishing civilization of rome and. steeped in legend this dress was once one of the biggest cities in africa the people revered the goddess africa and diagnosis the god of wine who was a small child rode boldly on the back of a tiger as if it were the most natural thing in the world. it was with the same courage that the peep. full of his dress began work on the colosseum at the start of the second century a.d. the city was at the peak of its prosperity power and influence the skills of its artisans were famous far and wide. the coliseum is a building of balanced harmony a bold soaring construction of also a monumental a-t. a dancing colossus that seems to rotate endlessly. through this arena the citizens of the free city of his dress erected a monument to themselves they must have been strong ambitious proud people to have turned a tiny desert settlement into a splendid oasis. even in fifty b.c. julius caesar had found the local berbers to be not only tenacious but also shrewd . at that time the townsfolk lived from g

we are taking the new car for a spin around rome.junior behind the wheel. you just feel so much more comfort and just the handling of the car, everything just feels great. the noise, the sound. it is very quiet. i think formula e is helping making people more aware of the technology the electric cars can do. the power that we have, electric cars are not only an idea of the future, it's the present. we already have, we are launching cars, we are racing them already around the world. it's going to help people be more aware of how evolved this technology of electric cars is already. from south america to rome where the teams will take to the streets tomorrow to begin the european leg of the championship. it's been a mixed start for alex. he has qualified well and scored points in almost all his races. but some technical problems he'll be hoping to make up for it in tomorrow's race. he's off! he crashed in free practice one and he has crashed in free practice! grimace again on the face of the team principal. there, you hear that. yeah, t

shortly before midnight the alitalia plane landed in rome airport. men carrying the passports of a man who saw our souther and shaikh mohammed yaku had entry visas stamped. he. a transit to use it was issued for the man carrying the passport of. his passport has to this day never been recovered. the three men left the airport after midnight. the libyan embassy in rome it is believed that the three men spent the night here. the next morning september the first nine hundred seventy eight two men checked in at the holiday inn hotel in rome. one was bearded and dressed in a religious robe the other was in civilian clothes the two men checked in for two rooms and paid in cash for a one week stay at the hotel. ten minutes later the two men were seen leaving the hotel both dressed in civilian clothes and carrying luggage. ten days after the disappearance of the a man italian police discovered the luggage and passports of other. crew in the hotel in rome. but. something i something i thought. either. the italian authorities interrogated crew and passengers o

shortly before midnight the alitalia plane landed in rome airport. men carrying the passports of a man who saw our souther and shaikh mohammed who had entry visas stamped. he. a transit to use it was issued for the man carrying the passport of. his passport has to this day never been recovered. the three men left the airport after midnight. the libyan embassy in rome it is believed that the three men spent the night here. the next morning september the first nine hundred seventy eight two men checked in at the holiday inn hotel in rome. one was bearded and dressed in a religious robe the other was in civilian clothes the two men checked in for two rooms and paid in cash for a one week stay at the hotel. ten minutes later the two men were seen leaving the hotel both dressed in civilian clothes and carrying luggage. ten days after the disappearance of the a man italian police discovered the luggage and passports of other. crew in the hotel in rome. but. something i something i thought. either. the italian authorities interrogated crew and passengers of

treasures like the colosseum or the pantheon or the trevi fountain rome is magnificent but it's also falling apart public infrastructure is collapsing especially streets and roads rome's administration has been accused of not doing enough mismanaging public funds the city is deep in debt so what can locals do well they're rolling up their sleeves and filling in the gaps themselves. pulled back to muscle no earns his living on the streets of the attorney all sitting he has been a taxi driver here for three decades he's lost millions of kilometers. but sometimes the job can get really dangerous every day must allow his to deal with countless paul tells. will be always so this problem isn't new the city's politicians haven't paid attention to the situation for fifteen years if i could write off tire damage on my tax form three i'd not have to pay any more income tax . no one seems to know how many punch holes there are in right. fifty states indicates this one affray one turns up every ten meters in some parts of the city streets look like swiss cheese it's a real hasn't. for local resi

fromberlin, from rome, tokyo the campaign started., soften up their victims, put that youefense, scream are abused, shalt that you are oppressed, the world is wrong and you are right. if you shrink it loud enough and often enough, they believe you. above all, use their free toess and free speech destroy them. ensraum, they demanded. living room. our lands are overcrowded. and they gave prizes to the mothers. they brought together large groups of young men and young .irls of course, the children from this assembly line belong to the state, to be scientifically trained or conquest. [babies crying] another reason was the lack of raw materials. they claimed they were the hae-nots and we were the ves. they built up the greatest war machine the world has ever known. these are published figures from the german ministry budget. 1933 and 1939, hibbler's program of rearmament cost more than $80 billion. assembled a striking force of 30 panzer division, 70 motorized divisions, 140 infantry divisions plus the , the world's largest air force. and

from berlin, from rome, from tokyo, the campaign started.nfuse, divide, soften up their intended victims. put them on the defensive, scream you're abused, shout you're oppressed, the world's wrong, you're right. if you shriek it loud enough and often enough, they believe you. above all, use their free press and their free speech to destroy them. >> lebensraum, ja, lebensraum, meine volksgenossen. narrator: "lebensraum," they demanded, living room. "our lands are overcrowded." but at the same time they gave prizes to mothers who bore the most sons. [cheering] narrator: they brought together large groups of young men and young girls for human breeding. read what one of their leaders wrote. of course, the children from this assembly line belonged to the state, to be scientifically trained for conquest. another howl was the lack of raw materials. they claimed they were the have-nots and we were the haves. but out of this supposed lack they built up the greatest war machines the world has ever. these are the published figures from the german mili

rome. i drive my car here, it would fall apart. >> the ground is disappearing under their feet. nearly 15 sinkholes opened up so far this year on track to set a record. this one swallowed six cars and forced evacuations. >> they sit there for months and months and nobody comes to fix them. >> holy rome becoming a running joke online. even catching 007 off-guard. daniel craig was reportedly injured filming a chase scene in rome when bond's aston martin hit a pothole. many romans are refusing to ride their iconic mopeds and you can see why. i think i'd rather walk. those who dare to stroll risk a sprained ankle or worse, bad backs, broken bones. so what's causing this ancient city to crumble? experts blame the rainiest winter in years, almost constant traffic, and underneath rome's busy streets, a huge void. this is what rome was built on, a massive maze of caves and tunnels. >> how much tunnelling is there under rome. >> infinity. >> even i can understand that. >> at least 20 square miles of

pope francis is on his way back to rome after his visit to ireland. earlier, at a mass for 300,000 people in dublin, he vowed to pursue justice for the victims who suffered in the hands of the clergy we ask forgiveness for the abuses in ireland, of power, of conscience and sexual abuses perpetrated by those with roles and responsibilities in the church. senatorjohn mccain, who died yesterday aged 81, will lie in state in arizona's capitol building, an honour only given to a few notable americans, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who's been imprisoned in iran on spying charges has been told her temporary three—day release is over — and she is back in prison. the daughter of british couple — john and susan cooper — who died during a stay at an egyptian hotel speaks out about the ordeal and insists ‘something in their room killed them' the celebrated american playwright and screenwriter, neil simon, has died at the age of 91. he wrote comedy classics such as the odd couple, the sunshine boys and barefoot in the park.

not that all the gods were strange backus the god of wine originated in the orient and had reached rome via greece the roman empire builders were wonderful headed breed but they were intrigued by the cultic mysteries which best the bounds of their own pragmatic rational co. the romans were tolerant can shoot enough to permit the worship of alien gods in their empire. the more names in the divine firmament the vasta the glory of the roman empire. the great strength of the romans lay in appropriating the ideas of others and turning their imagination to account. the empire absorb the knowledge and the creeds of other people the romans own religion had not gained a foothold in the so. the temple of battles compels the i was a magical attraction even the unbelieving visitor records its image it's. its majestic and an revealing this temple behind who is walls mysterious rituals were celebrated attended only by the initiated. they were orgiastic ecstatic writings that exalted death and resurrection. a short distance away whether to rain dips is the third of the roman temples sacred to be misco

commimission said itl not bow to rome's pressure. a returnrn to the border of craakdown on the rohingya muslim minority. there is a new prime minister in australia here in treasuree scott morrison is sworn in after a ruling party leadership vote ousts malcolm turnbull. here in france, piles of trash are on the rise. they are during the image of the french countryside. paris,n 40 kilometers of garbage fills the equivalent of seven football fields. our reporters have the details. of garbage.e sea that is the name of t the larget makeshift landfill in france. it is a massive ield, spanning 300 hectares, at least 40 of which are covered with thousands of tons of mixed waste. >> it is mostly garbage from construction sites. it is rather impressive. there is everything from wood, solvents, paint remover, canisters with biggpollution risks. it is unbelievable to see this year. >> we are lucky there are trees pithout them, this space would be covered. >> bruneau says he no looger recognizzs the field he knew as a child. >> this belonged to m

section,n the solution when i think rome, i think coffee.e talking about a tea house that was founded in victorian times. i'm jason kelley. 125 years ago at the foot of the spanish steppes. >> it is such a surprising story, right? you are in italy, at the bottom of the spanish steps. picture the cappuccinos, whichere is babington's, has been a family run business over for generations and through two world wars. it is this delightful story of two young women who did that typical rite of passage trip in the late 1800s and traveled to rome. they came from well-to-do families in the u.k., and took tea with a them because how are we going to find good tea when we go to italy? course of their lives, they loved italy. they fell in love with the place, and they established this tea house, babington's. remarkable. it has definitely evolved into some other things, but is true to its core as a tea house and is run today by two great-grandchildren of the two women who traveled. one of the two women who traveled to the u.k. -- from the u.k. it is really

seth doane is sweating it out in rome.o f rier: the culprit, hot leavi europeansnd triple-degres melng you're from vi>>yes.seo eat >> this is a different kind of heat. >> reporter: jessica pippett likened it to a never ending sauna at rome's spanish steps. it is hot here. it's like walking into a hair dryer with the heat just blowing at you. the iberian peninsula is getting some of the worth of this heat. portugal issued a nationwide health warning. in sweden, a mountaintop glacier melted so much it's no longer that country's highest peak. and satellite imagery from northern europe shows the transition from lush green in late june to burned out brown in less than a month. farmers in germany are demanding more than a billion dollars in aid to deal with the drought, and so many beers have been sold there, it's straining supplies at german breweries. the howell family from texas told us they were trying to drink as much as possible and noted it's hot in dallas too. >> we'd rather be in italy drink the water here than in texas

and what's the dressmaker from broadway and the new york city ballet doing in rome where she's bringing together skilled migrant tailors to take part in her projects the sewing collective is helping to transform the lives of the new he arrived migrant titus. dressmaker lydia which was doing volunteer work an initially in twenty fifteen there she met many migrants living in refugee camps some of them happen to be tailors and dressmakers just like herself now that he has organized them and given those migrant tailors jobs. for i want to do more i wanted to learn more about the world i wanted to learn about other dressmakers to know what was happening. and there were issues going on in europe that were interesting to me the fact that there are . people coming in there's a large migration of refugees coming here after my daughter the thirty five year old entrepreneur studio is located in the silent you know center for contemporary arts in rome the sewing co-operative caters mainly to tourists and immigrants. twenty six year old. from the ivory coast fled ethnic tensions in his country arriv

the pontiff took off from rome — he's expected to arrive in the irish capital later this hour.nnita mcveigh is in dublin for us. thank you very much. once the pope plans in dublin he will be making his way to dublin castle. the official reason for this visit is the world meeting of families, which dublin is hosting this weekend. it's an event that happens every three yea rs, an event that happens every three years, celebrating the role of the family in the catholic church. of course, there is much more going on than just that event. the backdrop to all of this huge social change that has been happening in ireland since the last papal visit byjohn paul ii back in 1979, nearly a0 yea rs paul ii back in 1979, nearly a0 years ago. in that time, the relationship between the people, the state and the church hierarchy has become much more complicated, much

separately approved a 500 million relief fund in the wake of the genoa relief collapse carlo joins us from rome you have been following this story. there was the board meeting that occurred yesterday what more can you tell us, particularly in light of this reuters story suggesting that cdp may be looking to get a stake into atlantia as well. >> good morning. the building behind me is the same one that yesterday hosted autostrade's board meeting today's atlantia board of directors will be a different one. atlantia has many important international shareholders ranging from hsbc to blackrock to the singapore wealth fund and then the bennaton family the representative of these