![]() ![]() ![]() Poppaea and Nero plotted, and succeeded, in murdering Agrippina. It was rumored that these three could often be found in bed together, “discussing the matters of state”.įor the second time, Agrippina sought to come between Nero and a woman, and this time it would cost her. They even shared a woman, Poppaea Sabina, who would end up marrying both men. It seems that Otho was as immoral as Nero was and this served as a common link between the two of them. He met and included Marcus Otho into this “council” of favorites. Agrippina began to lose prestige and power, as Nero’s circle with Burrus and Seneca tightened. In response, Nero had the boy poisoned perhaps learning too much from his mother. When Nero showed his independence from his mother by refusing, she threatened to support the claims of Britannicus, Claudius’ son, to the throne of Rome. However, Agrippina, stood up for Nero’s wife, Octavia, and demanded that Acte be banished. Nero had years before married his adopted sister, but soon grew tired of this relationship and started an affair with a slave girl, Claudia Acte. Eventually though, Nero would choose a course that would loosen the bonds with his mother. Many surmise that Nero was insane by the time he took command, and with his record, it would be hard to dispute this assertion.ĭuring the early part of his reign he was advised by the great orator Seneca, Nero’s mother, Agrippina, and the leader of the Praetorians, Burrus, and these first five years were much lauded. He was the last of the Julio-Claudian line to control the Roman Empire. When his father died from poison secured by his own wife, Nero, only 17 at the time, was given the reins of the most powerful empire in the world. From his incestuous habits to his excessive spending of the Roman Treasury, nearly everything he touched turned foul.īorn in 37 AD, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was the adoptive son of the very popular emperor Claudius. Other horrid men come to mind Caligula and Commodus to name a few, but none can match the disgrace that Nero brought to the title. You would be hard pressed to find a worse Roman Emperor than Nero.
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