Nero Quotes

Question 1

Suetonius 15

Answer 1

He would not admit the sons of freedmen to the Senate and he refused office to those who had been admitted by his predecessors

He gave a verdict according to his own inclination, as if it was a the view of the majority

Question 2

Tacitus 13.31

Answer 2

I may mention that the colonies of Nuceria and Capua were strengthened by an addition of veterans; to every member of the city populace four hundred sesterces were given

Question 3

Suetonius 16

Answer 3

During his reign many abuses for severely punished and put down

Question 4

Suetonius 30

Answer 4

He wasted money without a stint

Question 5

Tacitus 13.50-51

Answer 5

Nero hesitated whether he ought not to decree the abolition of all indirect taxation

Question 6

Tacitus 13.5

Answer 6

Many regulations were framed by the free will of the senate

Question 7

Suetonius 10

Answer 7

To the praetorian cohorts he gave a monthly allowance of grain free of cost

Question 8

Suetonius 24

Answer 8

On his departure he presented the entire province [Olympia] with freedom and at the same time granted Roman citizenship to the judges

Question 9

Suetonius 20

Answer 9

He began to long to appear on stage