Monday, November 28, 2005

 

This Day in Ancient History

On this day in 66 (or 67) AD, the emperor Nero proclaims the "freedom of the Greeks." The Greeks knew what side of the toast the butter went on, however, and acted like a typical eastern Roman province even after being freed. Clever Greeks.

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