![]() ![]() But historians wonder if he was unfairly blamed for that tragedy.įirst of all, Nero was 35 miles away when it happened. It wasn't until after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 that things really soured when he was accused of fiddling while the city of Rome burned. But Nero was into the arts, and that was something people liked. Well, at least by those who weren't Christian those who were found themselves eaten alive by dogs, among other things. What's ironic is that Emperor Nero was liked by the public. ![]() Of course, he would later order his mother put to death. And his view of marriage was most certainly warped by his mother, and he wound up killing both his first and second wives. Nero became emperor when his step-father, Emperor Claudius, died, though Agrippina may have had a hand in that by poisoning him. He lost his father at the age of 2, and his mother, Jula Agrippina "the Younger," was the Roman version of Joan Crawford - she was not nice to her child. According to Britannica, the person who eventually became Emperor Nero had a tough life. ![]()
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