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{{Quote|What an artist is perishing with me!|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote|When Nero became emperor in 54 AD, Rome was at the zenith of its power. The Imperial Legions had carved out an empire which stretched from the banks of the Rhine to the deserts of the Sahara. Over 60 million people, a fifth of the world's population, were born, lived, and died under the Roman eagle. But Nero's tyrannical 14-year reign would bring an end to Rome's golden age. He was a perverse, cross-dressing exhibitionist who had an incestuous relationship with his mother and married his step-sister. He murdered members of his own family in fits of jealous rage. His cruelty, violence, and grotesque appetite for self-indulgence brought the Roman Empire to the brink of financial and political ruin. And he viciously persecuted the Christians. They would remember him as the ultimate embodiment of evil: the Antichrist.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Nero}}[[File:Nero_1.jpg|thumb|Marble bust of Nero]]

{{Quote|What an artist is perishing with me!|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote|When Nero became emperor in 54 AD, Rome was at the zenith of its power. The Imperial Legions had carved out an empire which stretched from the banks of the Rhine to the deserts of the Sahara. Over 60 million people, a fifth of the world's population, were born, lived, and died under the Roman eagle. But Nero's tyrannical 14-year reign would bring an end to Rome's golden age. He was a perverse, cross-dressing exhibitionist who had an incestuous relationship with his mother and married his step-sister. He murdered members of his own family in fits of jealous rage. His cruelty, violence, and grotesque appetite for self-indulgence brought the Roman Empire to the brink of financial and political ruin. And he viciously persecuted the Christians. They would remember him as the ultimate embodiment of evil: the Antichrist.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Nero}}{{Quote|Evil men you're not. I'm the worsest of the lot. My rule was full of fear. People called me a fighting hero or I would have them slain. Change the Olympic season. So the medals went to me son. Burned Christians for no reason. Just a fun game I played you know. Poisoned my stepbrother. Ordered men to kill my mother. Tried to drown her but she fled. So I had her stabbed instead. Wait. There's more. With my first dear Octavia. I showed truly bad behaviour. Chopped her head off gave it too. My girlfriend who I then killed too. I'M BAD. So baddy. Of badness I'm the daddy. Come on I want to see a more evil man than me|Nero on Horrible Histories}}[[File:Nero_1.jpg|thumb|Marble bust of Nero]]

'''Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus''' (b. December 15, 37 d. June 9, 68), birth name Lucius Domitrius Ahenobarbus or most commonly known as '''Emperor Nero, '''was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 54-68 AD. He is well-known for burning Rome in 64 AD and framing the fire on the growing number of Roman Christians, and began to have them persecuted by burning them, feeding them to animals, and crucifying them. He also made people sit through his performances, in which he would sing and perform for hours on end, behaving lewdly and disgracefully.

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	{{Quote\|What an artist is perishing with me!\|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote\|When Nero became emperor in 54 AD, Rome was at the zenith of its power. The Imperial Legions had carved out an empire which stretched from the banks of the Rhine to the deserts of the Sahara. Over 60 million people, a fifth of the world's population, were born, lived, and died under the Roman eagle. But Nero's tyrannical 14-year reign would bring an end to Rome's golden age. He was a perverse, cross-dressing exhibitionist who had an incestuous relationship with his mother and married his step-sister. He murdered members of his own family in fits of jealous rage. His cruelty, violence, and grotesque appetite for self-indulgence brought the Roman Empire to the brink of financial and political ruin. And he viciously persecuted the Christians. They would remember him as the ultimate embodiment of evil: the Antichrist.\|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Nero}}[[File:Nero_1.jpg\|thumb\|Marble bust of Nero]]		{{Quote\|What an artist is perishing with me!\|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote\|When Nero became emperor in 54 AD, Rome was at the zenith of its power. The Imperial Legions had carved out an empire which stretched from the banks of the Rhine to the deserts of the Sahara. Over 60 million people, a fifth of the world's population, were born, lived, and died under the Roman eagle. But Nero's tyrannical 14-year reign would bring an end to Rome's golden age. He was a perverse, cross-dressing exhibitionist who had an incestuous relationship with his mother and married his step-sister. He murdered members of his own family in fits of jealous rage. His cruelty, violence, and grotesque appetite for self-indulgence brought the Roman Empire to the brink of financial and political ruin. And he viciously persecuted the Christians. They would remember him as the ultimate embodiment of evil: the Antichrist.\|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Nero}}{{Quote\|Evil men you're not. I'm the worsest of the lot. My rule was full of fear. People called me a fighting hero or I would have them slain. Change the Olympic season. So the medals went to me son. Burned Christians for no reason. Just a fun game I played you know. Poisoned my stepbrother. Ordered men to kill my mother. Tried to drown her but she fled. So I had her stabbed instead. Wait. There's more. With my first dear Octavia. I showed truly bad behaviour. Chopped her head off gave it too. My girlfriend who I then killed too. I'M BAD. So baddy. Of badness I'm the daddy. Come on I want to see a more evil man than me\|Nero on Horrible Histories}}[[File:Nero_1.jpg\|thumb\|Marble bust of Nero]]

	'''Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus''' (b. December 15, 37 d. June 9, 68), birth name Lucius Domitrius Ahenobarbus or most commonly known as '''Emperor Nero, '''was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 54-68 AD. He is well-known for burning Rome in 64 AD and framing the fire on the growing number of Roman Christians, and began to have them persecuted by burning them, feeding them to animals, and crucifying them. He also made people sit through his performances, in which he would sing and perform for hours on end, behaving lewdly and disgracefully.		'''Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus''' (b. December 15, 37 d. June 9, 68), birth name Lucius Domitrius Ahenobarbus or most commonly known as '''Emperor Nero, '''was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 54-68 AD. He is well-known for burning Rome in 64 AD and framing the fire on the growing number of Roman Christians, and began to have them persecuted by burning them, feeding them to animals, and crucifying them. He also made people sit through his performances, in which he would sing and perform for hours on end, behaving lewdly and disgracefully.