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Nero Or Caligula

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noun

• a cruel and oppressive dictator

39%7Caligula and Nero
noun

• a cruel and oppressive dictator

• in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

• any person who exercises power in a cruel way

37%10 Power an emperor abused, eg Nero or Caligula
noun

• a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized

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