elcctra: Nero’s birth was attended by a favourable omen. Just before dawn, and before he came into c
elcctra: Nero’s birth was attended by a favourable omen. Just before dawn, and before he came into contact with the earth (he would have been placed at his father’s feet for formal acknowledgement), he was touched by the rays of the sun. This happy sign was countered by the date, time and manner of his birth, however, since a number of people determined that his horoscope was very unfavourable. One of the astrologers (…) supposedly forecast that he would rule but would murder his mother, eliciting from Agrippina the celebrated response: ‘Let him kill me, only let him rule!’ (Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire - Anthony A. Barrett)agrippina the younger and nero in imperium: nero (2004) for @ducavalentinos -- source link
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