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(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)

I am doing my essay on Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus or his more common name known as Nero. Nero ruled from 54 to 68 A.D. and is remembered for his perverse mind and persecution of Christians. He was born in Actium, Italy, on December 15, 37. He was supposed to be the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. He had a very unstable childhood; his family had been banished in 39 A.D. by the emperor Caius Caligula which took their whole family’s fortune. Now, those are just some basic facts about Nero; so let’s get into detail.

After Nero’s family was banished losing their family fortune, Nero’s dad died. Leaving just Agrippina and Nero, then all that changed when Agrippina married her uncle, the emperor Claudius. At this time Nero was being tutored by the famous philosopher Seneca the elder. Agrippina later convinced Claudius to adopt Nero in 50 A.D, and became a likely heir to the throne ahead of Claudius’s own son. Then in 54 A.D. Agrippina murdered Claudius and Nero became ruler at the age of 17.

The first five years of Nero’s principate later were pronounced golden because with his advisors affairs were taken care of with skill. His advisors had been Sextus Afranius Burrus and Lucius Annaeus Seneca a stoic philosopher. Both of them did most of the work while Nero was living a life of pleasure. He decided to follow his dreams and talents as a poet, musician, actor, and athlete. Nero played the stringed instrument the lyre, and was said to of played it while Rome burned.

Nero had ended secret trials and had given the Senate more independence. He banned capital punishment, reduced taxes, and allowed slaves to sue affair unjust owners. He helped cities that suffered disasters, had given aid to the Jews and opened competitions in poetry, drama, and athletics. He was a brilliant architect and well educated, was recorded to have been a man of considerable talent, ingenuity, and energy. He...