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Nero crowns Tiridates at Rome

Dio, in Foster’s translation, reports that Nero placed a diadem on Tiridates’ head at Rome.

Limits: 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.

  • Quoted from a published English translation, not from the original-language text.

Source: Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryRead the source