Nero
Also known as Emperor of Rome Nero, Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his suicide in AD 68.
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Nero was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 54 until his death in AD 68, and he was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the family that had ruled Rome since its founding as an empire. He is historically significant because his reign marked the end of a major imperial dynasty and because ancient sources depicted him as a particularly tyrannical and eccentric ruler, though modern historians debate the accuracy of these accounts.
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- Early life
- Reign (AD 54–68)
- Early reign
- Residences
- Matricide
- Decline
- Great Fire of Rome
- Later years
- Revolt of Vindex and Galba and Nero's death
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- Military conflicts
- Boudica's uprising
- Peace with Parthia
- First Jewish War
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- Antichrist
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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his suicide in AD 68.
Nero was born at Antium in AD 37, the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger (great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus). Nero was three when his father died. By the time Nero turned eleven, his mother married Emperor Claudius, who then adopted Nero as his heir. Upon Claudius' death in AD 54, Nero ascended to the throne with the backing of the Praetorian Guard and the Senate. In the early years of his reign, Nero was advised and guided by his mother Agrippina, his tutor Seneca the Younger, and his praetorian prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus, but sought to rule independently and rid himself of restraining influences. The power struggle between Nero and his mother reached its climax when he orchestrated her murder. Roman sources also implicate Nero in the deaths of both his wife Claudia Octavia – supposedly so he could marry Poppaea Sabina – and his stepbrother Britannicus.
