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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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Royalty.image: Nero_Glyptothek_Munich_321.jpg
Royalty.alt: Facing male bust
Royalty.caption: Roman marble head of Nero from an oversized statue, Glyptothek museum
Royalty.succession: Roman emperor
Royalty.reign: 13 October 54 – 9 June 68
Royalty.predecessor: Claudius
Royalty.successor: Galba
Royalty.birth_name: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Royalty.birth_date: 15 December AD 37
Royalty.birth_place: Antium, Italy, Roman Empire
Royalty.death_date: 9 June AD 68 (aged 30)
Royalty.death_place: outside Rome, Italy
Royalty.burial_place: Mausoleum of the Domitii Ahenobarbi, Pincian Hill, Rome
Royalty.issue: Claudia Augusta
Royalty.full name: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
Royalty.regnal name: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Royalty.dynasty: Julio-Claudian
Royalty.mother: Agrippina the Younger

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Commons category: Nero
date of birth: 0037-12-15
date of death: 0068-06-09
Commons gallery: Nero
name in native language: Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
birth name: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
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Contents

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
After Nero
Military conflicts
Boudica's uprising
Peace with Parthia
First Jewish War
Pursuits
Historiography
In Jewish and Christian tradition
Jewish tradition
Christian tradition
Martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
Antichrist
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Ancient sources
Modern sources
External links

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.