El báculo de Nerón

Abstract

In a paragraph of the Life of Nero, by Suetonius, it is observed in the Castilian versions kept in view, a term, baculus, whose translation, ‘cetro’, does not fi t the context, since it is said that, during the representation of a scene tragic, Nero dropped the sceptre, without it being perceived; the analysis of the context not only of the scene but especially of the historical environment, which Suetonius tells us, forces us to find a translation in accordance with the elements that are at stake to give the term baculus the real meaning that corresponds to it according to the rhythmic nature from Latin verse.