Is history written only by the pen of the victors? That pen is dipped directly into the ashes of the defeated before it touches paper.
The biggest mistake we make today when reading the past is viewing it merely as a sequence of events. We must rescue history from those overly ornate, complex academic texts and translate it into genuine analysis. Describing what happened might be the historian’s job, and understanding how it happened might belong to the sociologist. But the question of why always leads us straight to the center of power.
The Nero affair must be examined through this exact lens of analytical history. What we are facing is not a simple shift of power or a random act of destruction. On the contrary, it is the systematic construction of a new narrative upon the ashes of the old.
If you want to understand who holds the pen, you must first look at who burned. Our mini-documentary, where we attempt to capture at least a glimpse of this truth, is now live.
by umut9003