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Rome's Emperors: Nero Colosseum Weapons & Supplies Aqueducts Home Roman Roads Daily Life An emperor of Ancient Rome was Nero. He wasn’t the best of the emperors or the kindest. His reign began with his father’s murder – organized by his mother; whom had committed her life to making Nero king. Nero was born on December 15, 37 A.D, and he loved the arts. He came to power at only 16 years of age. Nero’s reign was by cruelty and tyranny. He persecuted Christians. He was married to woman named Octavia, whom he murdered. And he condemned his mother, Agrippina the Younger, to death 59 A.D. Nero won 1,808 medals in a rigged Olympics. If he lost he threw a fit and the judges – most likely terrified of being killed – gave him many of the medals. In 64 A.D. there was an enormous fire that destroyed most of Rome. Only four of the original fourteen districts remained afterwards. Nero was blamed for the fire and he in turn blamed the fire on the Christians. Afterwards he took a lot of the money that was supposed to go to rebuilding the area and used it to build himself a villa. There was an assassination attempt by one of his men who was fed up with him. Julius Vindex attempted the assassination and was almost successful – Nero simply got lucky and survived. Nero’s death was eventually brought about by suicide in 68 A.D. at the age of 32. Nero could probably be considered an ancient Hitler because he persecuted Christians and Hitler persecuted Jews.