Nero crowns Tiridates at Rome
Dio, in Foster’s translation, reports that Nero placed a diadem on Tiridates’ head at Rome.
What this does and does not establish
Foster, vol. 5 (1906), Dio 63.4–5. This is the performed coronation, separately narrated after the Naples meeting and entertainment at Puteoli. The neighboring account locates the ceremony in the Forum. The AD sidenote is modern editorial dating, distinct from Dio’s consular calendar.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
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- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- Consulship of Gaius Telesinus and Suetonius Paulinus; editorial AD 66 (a.u. 819); no month stated
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read dio5.txt and dio5.html at identical coordinates: governing heading and consulship 1994–2007; coronation and Forum context 2044–2063; next heading 2188 within 2180–2191. Also examined the detailed ceremony at 2064–2091 and subsequent narrative through 2188. The named consulship is mapped to AD 66 by the modern heading at 1994; the selected action falls before AD 67 (?) at 2188. Original quotation begins at line 2045, character 85159.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Cassius Dio, Roman History
Cassius Dio; Herbert Baldwin Foster, translator
Published English translation, as quoted
After this affair Nero took him up to Rome and set
the diadem upon his head.Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Cassius Dio, Roman History, English translation by Herbert Baldwin Foster, volume 5 (1906), Project Gutenberg eBook 10890; brief excerpts with source attribution.
Exact source version
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