To pay for his gargantuan palace, Nero went to extreme lengths to squeeze all he could out of the empire. Three years later, however, Poppaea died too – supposedly when Nero kicked her in her belly while she was pregnant. Nero divorced his first wife, Ocatavia, had her banished and then executed, all so he could marry his mistress. He planned a bizarre assassination attempt involving a self-sinking boat, but she survived, so Nero had to use the flimsy excuse that she might seek revenge to justify sending his guards to kill her. If not for Agrippina, Nero would never have become emperor – yet every mother should know when it’s time to let go.
It was common in antiquity for letters and numbers to be transferable – and when ‘Nero Caesar’ is written in Hebrew, it can be turned into the figure 666, the number of the Beast. For his persecution, Nero has been described as the Antichrist. He devised elaborate ways to cause untold suffering, including crucifying his victims upside down and turning them into human candles for his garden. Nero’s atrocities against Christians in the aftermath of the Great Fire of Rome demonstrated just how brutal and violent he could be. What are the villainous deeds on the ruthless ruler's rap sheet – as written in the historical accounts – that have made him so despised? What were Emperor Nero's greatest crimes? Did Caligula really make his horse a senator?.A dangerous combination of cunning, intelligence and ruthlessness, she survived exile under her older brother, Caligula, only to come back consumed with the aim of reaching the pinnacle of power. It was his mother, Agrippina the Younger, who became the overbearing influence on him, especially as his father had died. Nor did his personal ambition drive him to the throne.
The future Nero, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus on 15 December AD 37 in Antium, near Rome, had not been destined to be emperor. Notable family: Agripinna the Younger (mother)įamous for: being the fifth and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty supposed incest with his mother allegedly playing the fiddle while Rome burned persecuting Christians general tyranny, depravity and debauching, and a spate of murders – including those of his mother and two wives. Full name: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)
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