The testimony of contemporaries depicts Nero at this time as a handsome young man of fine presence but with soft, weak features and a restless spirit. He put an end to the more odious features of the later years of Claudius’s reign, including secret trials before the emperor and the dominance of corrupt freedmen, and he accorded more independence to the Senate. Anderson-Alinari/Art Resource, New Yorkīrought up in this atmosphere, Nero might well have begun to behave like a monster upon his accession as emperor in 54 but, in fact, behaved quite otherwise. Nero, portrait bust in the Roman National Museum, Rome. From that time until 62, Burrus and Seneca were the effective rulers of the empire. In 56 Agrippina was forced into retirement. They encouraged Nero to act independently of her, and a growing coolness resulted in Nero’s relations with his mother. She hoped to control the government, but Burrus and Nero’s old tutor, the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, though they owed their influence to Agrippina, were not content to remain her tools. Early reignĪgrippina immediately eliminated the powerful freedman Narcissus, who had always opposed her aims. For the first time, absolute power in the Roman Empire was vested in a mere boy, who was not yet 17. Upon the death of Claudius, she at once had Nero proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard, whose prefect, Sextus Afranius Burrus, was her partisan the Senate thus had to accept a fait accompli. Agrippina-having already helped bring about the murder of Valeria Messalina, her predecessor as the wife of Claudius, in 48, and ceaselessly pursuing her intrigues to bring Nero to power-eliminated her opponents among Claudius’s palace advisers, probably had Claudius himself poisoned in 54, and completed her work with the poisoning of Britannicus in 55. After poisoning her second husband, Agrippina incestuously became the wife of her uncle, the emperor Claudius, and persuaded him to favour Nero for the succession, over the rightful claim of Claudius’s own son, Britannicus, and to marry his daughter, Octavia, to Nero.
Nero’s father, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, died about 40 ce, and Nero was brought up by his mother, Julia Agrippina, a great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus. He became infamous for his personal debaucheries and extravagances and, on doubtful evidence, for his burning of Rome and persecutions of Christians.
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Nero, in full Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, also called (50–54 ce) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, original name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, (born December 15, 37 ce, Antium, Latium-died June 9, 68, Rome), fifth Roman emperor (54–68 ce), stepson and heir of the emperor Claudius.
Nero was just 30 years old when he fled Rome and committed suicide. The Senate condemned him to death by crucifixion, and his household guard abandoned him.
The Italian Republic bestowed a knighthood upon Franco Nero, in honor of his artistic skills. Nero is a philanthropist and is associated with several charitable organizations. Nero has acted in different genres of movies, such as war, action, crime, musical, and drama. His charming personality helped him win hearts. Following this, he was cast in movies such as ‘Camelot,’ ‘The Mercenary,’ ‘Battle of Neretva,’ and ‘Confessions of a Police Captain.’ Although his lack of proficiency in the English language had initially hindered his growth in English movies to some extent, Nero performed in several well-known English movies, such as ‘Force 10 from Navarone,’ ‘Enter the Ninja,’ and ‘Die Hard 2,’ over the years. The role of ‘Django’ was his first lead role, and it was widely accepted by the audiences. He would initially play insignificant characters in Italian films. Nero was inclined toward acting since his teenage years. He is best known for his lead role of ‘Django’ in the Italian “Spaghetti Western” film of the same name. Franco Nero is an Italian actor who has worked in several Italian and English movies.