NERO 12.15.376.9.68

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NERO12.15.37-6.9.68

• By Kevin, Brittany, Nick, Symantha

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WHO IS NERO?

• Born 12.15.37-6.9.68
• Original name was Lucius
• Parents were Agrippina and Gnaeus
• Emperor at 17 ( youngest emperor of the time)
  and he ruled from 54 68
• His dad died in 39 when he was three
• Nero ordered the murder of his mother
• He is known for stopping many revolts and being
  accused of burning Rome.

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MORE FACTS ON NERO

• Nero raised in Antium
• Got his throne on 10.13.54
• He was an artist and was fascinated by music
• He negotiated peace with the Parthian Empire
• His mother was accused of murdering emperor
  Claudius in 54

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More Facts On Nero (continued

• Known as emperor who fiddled while Rome burned
• Accused of burning Rome to build his new place
• Passed a greedy law where citizens had to put his
  name in their will
• He snuck out sometimes to join gangs that robbed
  people in back alleys

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Death

• Nero committed suicide on 6.9.68
• His Praetorian guard was prepared to kill him,
  but Nero escaped and then waited till the
  Praetorians were about to kill him, but then he
  grabbed the knife and stuck it in his chest
• His last words were, Death and so great an
  artist!