All 50 Uses of
Nero
in
The Hidden Oracle
- Our enemy is Emperor Nero.†
p. 253.9 *Nero = Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (37-68 AD)
- Nero hadn't changed much in one thousand nine hundred and some-odd years.†
p. 271.1
- Then again, Nero had always had expensive, impractical tastes.†
p. 271.4
- "Emperor Nero," I said.†
p. 271.5
- Nero will do.†
p. 271.6
- Against Nero and his seven-foot-tall bodyguards, I had a Brazilian handkerchief, a packet of ambrosia, and some brass wind chimes.†
p. 271.8
- Nero chuckled.†
p. 271.9
- One of Nero's guards said something in his ear.†
p. 272.2
- "Ah, sorry," Nero corrected.†
p. 272.4
- Nero shrugged.†
p. 272.6
- I found it just like Nero to go claiming major metropolitan areas that clearly belonged to me.†
p. 272.7
- Nero made a snide little barking sound in the back of his nose.†
p. 272.8
- Nero arched his eyebrows.†
p. 273.1
- "Stop," Nero said.†
p. 273.4
- Nero grinned at me.†
p. 273.5
- Nero put his hand to his chest.†
p. 273.6
- Nero had been the last of the Julian line.†
p. 273.9
- Wh-what do you want, Nero?†
p. 274.0
- Nero's eyes gleamed.†
p. 274.2
- Nero shrugged.†
p. 274.7
- I was now fully convinced of Nero's insanity.†
p. 275.4
- Nero clasped his hands as if in prayer.†
p. 275.9
- I realized the karpos was not here to protect us from Nero.†
p. 276.3
- This is Nero.†
p. 276.7
- I could not fully grasp this before Nero spread his arms.†
p. 276.8
- Nero smiled.†
p. 277.8
- I could not imagine her as Imperial anything—definitely not as a part of Nero's entourage.†
p. 278.1
- Nero clapped politely.†
p. 278.2
- I saw now that their fused trunks were marred from Nero's previous efforts—chain-saw scars, burn marks, bites from ax blades, even some bullet holes.†
p. 278.5
- Nero, what have you done?†
p. 278.7
- "Come now," Nero said.†
p. 279.1
- He's the emperor who—" "Don't say it," Nero warned.†
p. 280.0
- Facing Nero, I remembered all the tawdry details of his rule—the extravagance and cruelty that had made him so embarrassing to me, his forefather.†
p. 280.2
- Nero was that relative you never wanted to invite to Lupercalia dinner.†
p. 280.3
- Nero snarled.†
p. 280.4
- Nero rolled his eyes.†
p. 280.5
- Talking seemed better than my other options, like helping Nero or dying.†
p. 280.7
- "After the Great Fire," I told her, "instead of rebuilding the houses on Palatine Hill, Nero leveled the neighborhood and built a new palace—the Domus Aurea."†
p. 280.7
- Nero got a dreamy look on his face.†
p. 280.8
- "Indeed," Nero agreed.†
p. 281.1
- I understand it became famous as the Colossus of Nero!†
p. 281.1
- Nero puffed up his chest.†
p. 281.2
- Nero waved dismissively.†
p. 281.7
- Nero, you wouldn't—†
p. 281.9
- "They will he released," Nero promised, "as long as Apollo cooperates."†
p. 281.9
- Nero said.†
p. 282.2
- Nero ...you didn't say anything about making them into torches.†
p. 282.3
- "I would be careful," Nero warned.†
p. 282.6
- Nero cared about me, Apollo.†
p. 282.9
- "But—" Nero snorted.†
p. 283.1
Definition:
Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68 AD)