

Kate Beaton



I feel you have to take early Roman historians with a grain of salt but nevertheless, please enjoy





For those of you going to There are some funny things, in the Life Of Nero. Pretty well all accounts of how Nero went about murdering his mother are hilarious in their own right - collapsible boat, anyone? - and the notion that he thought her ghost was after him is also good (as you can see by the comic). Nero's neck beard is perhaps imperial action on a weak chin in the same way George IV's high collars were an action on double chins.I feel you have to take early Roman historians with a grain of salt but nevertheless, please enjoy this account of Nero by Suetonius , where on no uncertain terms Nero is described as stinky, with a pot belly and a mullet, and generally gross in person.For those of you going to Emerald City in Seattle next weekend, you can find me with the Topatoco crew. Store!