666 and the Roman emperor

The number 666 wasn't invented as a random spooky number. It may have been a coded reference to an actual Roman emperor.

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1. The number 666 wasn't invented as a random spooky number.
2. ANCIENT LETTERS COULD ALSO REPRESENT NUMBERS
3. NERO FITS REMARKABLY WELL
4. THERE'S AN EVEN STRANGER CLUE
5. BUT REVELATION'S BEAST IS BIGGER THAN ONE MAN
6. LATER GENERATIONS KEPT FINDING NEW "BEASTS"
7. THE ORIGINAL READERS MAY HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE CODE
8. WHY 666 KEEPS GETTING SOLVED

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