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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar |
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Gnaius Domitius Ahenobarbus |
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Rome (Italy)
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65 to 68 |
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Roman emperor from 54 to 68 A.D. Cassius Dio records that Nero went to Greece to become periodonikes (ἵνα καὶ περιοδονίκης, ὡς ἔλεγε, γένηται, D.C. 63.8.3). For what it's worth, his soldiers, and the people of Rome and the senators, upon Nero's return to Rome are said to have praised him as Πυθιονίκην τε αὐτὸν καὶ Ὀλυμπιονίκην καὶ περιοδονίκην παντονίκην, always in combination with 'Caesar' or 'Augustus' (ἐφ᾿ ἑκάστῳ τόν τε Καίσαρα καὶ τὸν Αὔγουστον ἀκροτελεύτιον εἶναι, D.C. 63.10.1; this is also recorded in D.C. 63.20.5).
There are several sources referring to Nero's victories, both in musical disciplines (as herald, tragoidos, and kitharoidos) and in chariot racing. An exhaustive search has not been conducted for this database. Cassius Dio records a total of 1808 victories for him (D.C. 63.21.1) - PK/CT
Sarikakis bases Nero's victory of the Isthmia, Pythia and Aktia as tragoidos and kitharoidos on Eus. Chron. p. 156, which is a translation of Hieron. Chron. a.2084. Note that Hieron. was writing in the 2nd-3rd c. CE, and is translating Eusebius’ Chronicon, who was writing in the early 4th c. Because they are so far removed from Nero’s reign, we must question the validity of these victories. - IL
Cf. Kennell, AJPh 109 (1988) pp. 239-251 for a discussion of Nero’s tour of Greece in 66/67 AD based on literary and numismatic evidence (SEG 38.1942)
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