I, Caesar
by Lee Burnett, Germantown
Academy, PA
Nero
37-68 A.D.
Famous as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned", Nero is one of the more interesting characters to wear the imperial purple. The first five years of his reign were considered the "Golden Time" of Imperial Rome. However, he was more passionate about the arts and chariot racing than he wa about governing the Empire, which soon made him extremely unpopular with the army and the Senate. Emotionally and psychologically unstable, having a flare for the dramatic, and possessing nearly unlimited resources made Nero a truly shocking figure at points during his reign. On the good side, he was responsible for one of the greatest flourishing of the arts in the history of Rome. In the end, several rebellions and mutinees brought about his death through suicide. He was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors.
Student Work: Alyce, Biz
Ancient Source: Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome, Suetoinus' Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Vita Neronis
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