#OnThisDay - 9 June - in AD 68 the emperor Nero took his own life. Dio (63.29.2) gives his final words as "Jupiter, what an artist perishes in me!" His death brought an end to the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Nero 66; ANS 1957.191.14. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
