Events Tagged: "Nero"

Nero becomes emperor at 16 - youngest emperor yet, initially guided by Seneca and Burrus

Nero murders his mother Agrippina - failed drowning machine, then stabbed by soldiers

Great Fire of Rome - Nero blamed, then blames Christians, first imperial persecution

St. Paul martyred in Rome - beheaded on the Ostian Way during Nero's persecution, Roman citizen's execution

Nero consults after matricide - oracle refuses to speak to mother-killer, finally warns 'Beware the 73rd year' - Galba, age 73, overthrows him

Nero commits suicide - 'What an artist dies in me!', Senate declares him public enemy