Nero's exploration of the Nile

In AD 61, Emperor Nero sent a small expedition of praetorian guards to explore the Nile's sources. The mission, part scientific inquiry and part reconnaissance for a potential invasion, was ultimately thwarted by the vast and impassable Sudd swamp in what is now South Sudan.

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