Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors DIR Atlas Nero (54-68 A.D.) David J. Coffta Canisius College Nero's Early Life and Reign The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., generally thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor, secured for her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus the place as emperor which she had so carefully arranged. Before his ...

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The Emperor Nero 54-68 Nero was the Roman emperor from 54 to 68 AD. He is remembered most for his perverse mind and his persecution of Christians. Nero was born in Antium in 37 AD to Agrippina the Younger and Gnaeus Domitius Anenobarbus, a great-grandson of Augustus. He experienced a very unstable childhood. The emperor Caius Galigula banished his family around 39 AD, seizing the entire family's ...

NERO (AD 54 to 68) (Go to Coins) Nero Claudius Caesar was born in December AD 37, the son of Cornelius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger who was the great-granddaughter of Augustus. Nero was adopted by the emperor Claudius in AD 50 and through the machinations of his mother who apparently poisoned Claudius, Nero ascended to the throne upon his death in AD 54. Nero was only seventeen ...

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