Nero
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- proper noun
- /ˈnɪəroʊ/
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Nerón
- During his reign, many believed that Nero intentionally caused the Great Fire of Rome.
- Emperor Nero
- Suetonius on Nero
This is the kind of background to to Nero's reign.
- This is the kind of background to to Nero's reign.
- And obviously Peter was executed by Nero and probably Paul was as well.
- She is said to have had extreme influence over Nero when he was still a young ruler.
- I mean, there's the the tragic fact that did, did, did Nero murder Seneca?
- And what one of the reasons was Nero like kind of instigated the Second Sophistic.
- And he's been a statue of Augustus, grandson Gaius, reworked into a statue of Nero.
- They're called the Stoic Opposition, and several of them died or were exiled, defying, defying Nero.
- The joke about the end of the Roman Empire is there's a the Emperor Nero on a balcony playing the violin, which he was good at.
- In the Latin Bibles, the name Nero Kaiser spelled differently.
- And and then Nero goes, I don't like Seneca anymore.
- Seneca doesn't have Edgar Pina killed, Nero does.
Examples
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Characters like Marcus Aurelius are often portrayed as virtuous and wise, while characters like Nero are depicted as twisted and cruel.
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So before him had been Nero, who was sort of seen as a crazy or bad emperor.
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And obviously Peter was executed by Nero and probably Paul was as well.
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Half the city believes Nero started the fires himself.
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But in this, as in so much else about Nero's reign, it is difficult to separate fact from legend.
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- Tonight we're reminded... of the evil emperor Nero Augustus.
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Nero fiddled whilst Rome burned.
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Seneca was persecuted by two tyrants, Caligula and Nero.
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Nero was infamous for his cruelty and extravagance as the Roman Emperor.
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In history books, Nero is often depicted as a tyrant who persecuted Christians.
Synonyms
A Roman emperor in the first century known for cruel acts and blamed for the Great Fire of Rome
A Roman emperor from AD 54 to 68 who is known for cruelty and wasteful spending
Compounds
A Roman emperor in the first century known for cruel acts and blamed for the Great Fire of Rome
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nero comes from an old Italian name Nerō that likely meant 'strong' or 'vigorous', so it began as a praise name. But because the emperor Nero became famous for his cruel and showy rule, the name now often brings to mind 'tyrant' and 'excess'.