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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