Emperor Nero – Big Irish head on him!

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  1. Paddy Nero boy , got a few blocks of turf from him in the day , sound chap …shame about the oul crucifixion stuff.

  2. Aye he’s playing junior B hurling these days. Not all that nifty anymore with the beering he does but you won’t get past him if you’re within the length of a hurl.

  3. I remember reading a review of Gladiator criticizing the casting of Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius, saying he looks as Roman as a pint of Guinness. I guess that critic needs to rethink what a Roman looks like.

  4. Physical characteristics of Nero, according to Suetonius (translated by Robert Graves):

    Height: average.

    Body: pustular and malodorous.

    Hair: light blond.

    Features: pretty, rather than handsome.

    Eyes: blue and rather weak.

    Neck: squat.

    Belly: protuberant.

    Legs: spindling.

    Sounds like my type of man! 😍

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