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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Smaptimania on 2025-07-16 08:52:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that it was popularly believed in ancient Rome that Emperor Nero would return from the dead to rule the Empire again as “Nero Redivivus”, and this belief influenced early Christian depictions of the Antichrist