This is a blog for IDS 101-16 (fall 2014) at Willamette University
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Nero: Born Evil?
I think that Nero was probably corrupted by power, among other things. It is probable that he was corrupted to become more inclined to evil through the abuse of his mother, but the power and the people trying to manipulate him probably got to his head. He likely had some for of underlying insanity and perhaps a nature which made him want to resist expectations. Those features are actually more based on how he was raised, not born. It's certainly possible that he was genetically predisposed to being awful. We also must account for the fact that the later Roman Empire saw him as the first anti-christian emperor and therefore probably demonized him to a greater extent. Therefore, I think Nero's evil is a product of his nature, nurture, power, and the people who wrote his legacy.
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