Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus (Drusus) Germanicus, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (37–68 CE), was the fifth emperor of Rome. Classified by both contemporaries and posterity as a populist, performer, and poet-emperor, as well as a tyrant, the Antichrist, and a perpetrator of matricide, fratricide, and uxoricide, the figure of Nero continues to appeal and intrigue. His reign, whether fully reclaimable from the popular imagination and the biases of hostile sources, marks a defining moment in the early Roman Imperial Period. He was the last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and his death sparked a civil war from which the Flavian dynasty would emerge.
Nero remains one of the most complex and contested figures of antiquity to reconstruct and interpret. The main picture of Nero comes to
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Citation: Preston, Liam. "Nero". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 May 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11687, accessed 02 May 2025.]
