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{{Quote|What an artist is perishing with me!|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote| | {{Quote|What an artist is perishing with me!|Nero's famous last words}}{{Quote|Nero was a perverse, cross-dressing exhibitionist who had an incestuous relationship with his mother and murdered 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]] | ||
'''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. |