>think of Roman emperors who are seen as evil or insane such as Caligula and Nero
>they didn't get along with the Senate
>everything we know about them comes from pro-Senate historians
can we really trust recorded history? This is just one example of shit that doesn't add up, but how can we solve this problem?

Modern historians typically don't take accounts at face value

>>17832965 (OP)
>everything we know about them comes from pro-Senate historians
this is not true

>>17832965 (OP)
Nero definitely wasn't as bad as his critics painted him to be (especially so many Christian scholars doing their best to portray him as the literal Antichrist) but Caligula was just straight fucked.

>>17832965 (OP)
In the case of Nero it's way worse, most of what we "know" about him comes from anti-empite cultists worshipping a donkey on a stick