Talk:Medusa/@comment-32730094-20200201213855/@comment-28144855-20200203040531

When I think of Romans, I think of the population as a whole so the noncolored clothes were prevalent. They controlled most of the known world back then. The corruption and backstabbing was an everyday occurence tin those times.

Nero didn't burn down Rome, he was set up by the various priests of their many gods. The truth was totally different. He gave all of his money to reconstruct Rome (the city) then sent to collect taxes in provinces. He said that the streets had to be wide enough for the firefighting chariots to be able to pass freely in both directions and all made of a very expensive gravel. The buildings in Rome were to be built by regulations too, so such thing as the fire never happens again. He had a vision of how we do things today, all standardized. However, the outer provinces taxes still weren't enough so he set to collect from the priests, clerics and other holding influence in their polytheical system. That was a mistake that costed him his title. He still had the last laugh, as he left (he vanished) without naming the next Emperor, so every one with enough power and influence wanted to place their own puppet as the new Emperor, which lead to more backstabbing, poisoning and whatnot.

Edit: I know a lot about Roman history, my city was a fairly important cultural center from about 100BC to about 200-300AD, since it housed an amphitheatre, several theaters and other places of 'bread and games'. There was a place where they found thousands of amphorae in a single place, but it's sealed since there's property issues with the place.