First, the monster under the uncle and the niece ascended to the throne
Nero's mother, Agrippina The Younger, was the sister of Caligula, the third Emperor of the Roman Empire. Caligula reigned for four years and was assassinated at the age of 29, followed by his uncle Claudius as the fourth emperor.
Agrippina jr. gave birth to Nero with her first husband, Akhbarbus (Agrippina's cousin). Nero's father died when he was 3 years old.
After Claudius succeeded him as Emperor, the little Agrippina, exiled to the Outer Islands, returned to mainland Italy. Little Agrippina, who was 26 years old at the time, did not have the slightest haggard appearance of exile, but was radiant. Little Agrippina spent a year on the island and returned to her homeland to become a swimmer.
(Sketch of Agrippina Jr.)
Later, Agrippina jr. married her own uncle and became empress dowager of Claudius.
(Many articles say that Claudius was the uncle of Agrippina Jr., and a sketch of Agrippina's relationship has been specially produced for identification.) ）
In order to prop up her son as Emperor of the Roman Empire, Agrippina jr. passed Nero over to Claudius and changed the name of the clan to Nero.
Claudius had a daughter and a son with his ex-wife, the eldest daughter, Yada, and the youngest son, Bretanikous. Nero was 12 years old when he became a member of the Claudius family, and Bretanicus was 8 years old.
Agrippina jr. hired the philosopher Senegga as Nero's teacher and married Nero to Yadavia.
Three years later, Emperor Claudius was poisoned to death. Historians mostly tend to have Agrippina jr. eating the fungus for Claudius, who liked to eat fungi.
The next day, the Captain of the Guards led 1,000 Guards troops to the palace in support of Nero. Nero ascended to the throne smoothly.
(Nero was a natural monster with looped legs, a thick neck, a low mound, and an ugly.) ）
Second, poison the younger brother
At a court banquet, Nero placed the poison in the wine glass of his brother Bretanicus. Bretanikous, 14, drank poisoned wine and swung his hand on the ground. Nero said it was okay, it was just a seizure.
Third, I have a crush on a friend's wife
As Nero turned 20, he fell in love with a woman named Bobina Sabina. Bobbia's husband, Otto, was a friend of Nero's.
To set Otto aside, Nero appointed Otto as governor of the province of Lusitania (present-day Portugal).
But Bobbia did not nod her head to become Nero's lover, and Pobia coveted the throne.
(Bobbia Sabina)
4. Nero killed his mother
If Pobia is to be made empress, the only way is to divorce Yadavia. But Nero's mother, Agrippina Jr., would not agree. (At that time, the person in power was Agrippina Jr.)
In the face of his hard-line mother, Nero was helpless at first, but soon he wanted to get rid of it quickly.
Nero entertained his mother, Agrippina Jr., on the pretext of celebrating the birth of the goddess of wisdom. After the feast, Nero sent his mother to a boat with his hands and feet on his way back to the villa by the sea.
The ship sank, but little Agrippina did not drown. (Agrippina Jr. is a strong swimmer)
Nero's henchmen surrounded his mother's villa and stabbed little Agrippina on the bed.
V. The Great Fire of Rome
On July 18, 64 AD, a shop burst into flames under the audience of the Colosseum in the capital, Rome. Fueled by strong winds, the fire spread rapidly.
The fire was not extinguished until the evening of the sixth day. However, the embers rekindled under the strong east wind and burned for three days and three nights. In these nine days, Rome, the "capital of the world," was reduced to ashes.
Afterwards, the idea that the Roman fire was ordered by Nero to set fire spread in Rome. Rumors also circulated among the victims that Nero was holding a harp in his villa in Mount Esquiri, looking at Rome in the fire, gleefully singing the fall of the city of Troy in Homer's Iliad.
Persecution of Christians
Nero blamed the Christians for arson, accusing them of "arson."
Nero did not simply execute the more than 300 Christians he had captured, but as a cruel performance.
It is rumored that the Vatican's gladiatorial arena was the execution ground at that time.
Some Christians were forced to put on animal skins and then bitten to death by herds of wild dogs. Others were crucified and executed. Some were used for night performances, one by one tied to side-by-side pillars and then burned alive. Nero was in a chariot in the gladiatorial arena, admiring this cruel "performance".