Bust of nero

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Nero is perhaps most well known for his cruelty and brutality. On the public stage, his punishments for those who confessed to being Christian were shockingly violent. Paranoia soon set in and he began a targeted and ruthless massacre of various noble families, whom he believed to be a threat to his life. Even the children of these families were exiled and then later murdered. But it took three attempted poisonings and an attempted drowning before he eventually had her stabbed to death.

Suetonius tells us that Nero also poisoned his adoptive brother Britannicus, drugged his aunt Domitia Lepida and violently murdered both his wives, Octavia and Poppaea.

It is, therefore, not without good reason that Nero is known as one of the most brutal of all Roman rulers. However, it is important to remember that this is just one aspect of this complex and inimitable individual. If we consider details from all of the sources, we are presented with a passionate yet violent young man, the son of a depraved and over-bearing mother and a profligate ruler, loathed by the nobility and loved by the ordinary people of Rome.

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