Nero
By 62 A.D. Nero was the established authority in Rome. His mother Agrippina was dead, Burrus, the praetorian commander, was also dead. Seneca had retired, Octavia was divorced and murdered. Poppaea was now married to Nero and she bore him a daughter in 63 A.D.
Poppaea had been Otho's wife and she had her eyes on Nero and plotted successfully to el...
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Brief overview of the character of the Emperor Nero, from his early ambitions to his insanity....
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Ne'ro, [Fr. Neron, na'r6N'; It. Nerone, nl-ro'na,]
(Lucius Domitius,) the sixth of the Roman emperors,
born in 37 A.D., was the son of Domitius Ahenobarbus
and Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus. His mother,
after becoming a widow, having married her uncle the
emperor Claudius, the latter adopted Nero and gave to
him his daughter Octavia in marriage...
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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus[1] (15 December 37
– 9 June 68),[2] born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, and
commonly known as Nero, was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68. He
was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was
adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and
successor. He succeeded to the throne in 54 follow...
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Claudius Caesar. The sixth of the Roman emperors, born at
Antium, in Latium, A.D. 37, nine months after the death of
Tiberius. He was the son of Domitius Ahenobarbus and
Agrippina, the daughter of Germanicus, and was originally
named Lucius Domitius. After the death of Ahenobarbus, and a
second husband, Crispus Passienus, Agrippina married her...
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