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Nero

ネロ　/　ねろ

Poet from Italy

December 15, 37 – June 9, 68　・　Antium, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

Metropolitan City of Rome
poet
politician
military personnel

My Take

Nero fascinates me as history's first cautionary tale about celebrity and power. Here is an emperor whose entry lists poet and musician before anything else, a ruler who craved applause more than authority and performed on stage while running an empire. The brutality is well documented, yet I keep in mind that his story was written almost entirely by his enemies, and ancient reputations deserve some skepticism. What stays with me is the strangely modern shape of his tragedy: a man with unlimited power who only wanted to be loved as an artist, dead by his own hand at thirty. Two thousand years on, that tension still feels uncomfortably familiar.

Overview

Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December 37 AD – 9 June 68 AD) was Roman emperor from 54 AD until his suicide in 68 AD. The final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Nero was known for his brutality. Nero was born at Antium in AD 37, the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger (great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus).

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1. Profile

Name (English): Nero
Name (Japanese): ネロ
Reading: ねろ
Born: December 15, 37 – June 9, 68
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rooster
Origin: Antium, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: poet / politician / military personnel / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AD

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