Nero was a Roman emperor who belonged to the Julia-Claudian dynasty, which began with Octavian, nephew and heir of Julius Caesar. Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, son of Ahenobardo Domitius and Agrippina, born in the year 37 AD Was adopted by his stepfather and uncle, Emperor Claudius. Thanks to the influence of Agrippina married Octavia, sister. Famous for their cruelty, Nero ruled from 54 d. C. During the first five years of his reign, he worked under the tutelage of his mentor, the philosopher Seneca and Burrus, commander of the Praetorian Guard. During this period he developed an effective management, which gradually became incoherent, and his despotism was accentuated, while it began to dispose of their relatives and collaborators. He ordered to kill his brother Britannicus, Agrippina and Donkey, and forced to Seneca to commit suicide. Repudiated Octavia, whom he later would kill, and married Poppaea, which was soon killed. Because of its excesses, the Senate removed him, sentenced him to death and proclaimed Galba emperor, a general who ruled the province Hispania. He chased Nero, who committed suicide rather than fall into their hands in the year 68 AD
When in 64 d. C. The fire ravaged the imperial capital, Nero was in Anzio. But it is believed that the emperor had ordered the fire to lift Roma rather than another city with the dream. The fire was the excuse for the start of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, who blamed the disaster.