Nero
37 – 68 · 31 years · Rome · Europe
Last emperor of the Julio-Claudian line, he took the throne at 16 and performed on stage as a singer. When Rome burned in 64 he was, says Tacitus, at Antium, but he blamed the Christians. Declared a public enemy, he killed himself.
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