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NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS GERMANICUS MADDIE, RACHEL, TESSA
INTRO
• He was an emperor of Rome for ____years. (______-68AD)
• Nero was born _______ and committed suicide in _______.
• Nero was a notoriously cruel emperor and would be _____known throughout history.
EARLY YEARS
• Nero's father died when he was two.
• When he was ___, Nero was adopted by his great uncle ____________. Claudius was the emperor at the time. This was in 50 AD.
• Nero's mother married Claudius and he __________ him. A wedding between Nero and the emperor's daughter Octavia was arranged.
• In 54 AD, when Nero was ___, Claudius was killed by his wife. Nero then took the throne.
EARLY YEARS AS EMPEROR
• Nero's first years of his reign were considered ______________, even though he wasn't the one pulling the strings.
• He enjoyed _______, music, art, and horse racing.
HIS MOTHER'S INFLUENCE
• Nero's mother tried to _________ his decisions and ideas as emperor.
• His mother stopped supporting him when he rebuked her. She started supporting Claudius' son ,____________.
• Nero then ___________ her. He had her executed in 59 AD.
NERO'S MARRIAGES
• Nero had an arranged marriage to Octavia, Claudius' daughter, formed by his mother in ______.
• He had an ______ with a former slave named Claudia Acte and lived with her while married.
• Between 58 and 62 AD, he divorced and remarried Poppaea _________ against his mother's will.
FIRE BURNS ROME
• In ____ AD there was a great fire of Rome.
• The fire started on the night of July 18th and lasted ten days.
• Nero blamed the ______ fire on Christians.
• Nero ______ even in Rome when it happened.
PLAN TO KILL NERO
• Eventually there was a rebellion lead by Gaius Julius ________ to try to kill Nero.
• His public image became that of an ________.
• Nero heard about this and _____ to flee.
NERO'S DEATH • Nero fled after hearing about a plot to kill him.
• His officers no longer supported him.
• His secretary assisted him with a ________.
RECAP
• Nero was a _____ emperor in the start but after five years he became cruel and ___________ to the Roman people.
• He had ________ lovers.
• He was not the cause of the fire of Rome and blamed the __________ for it. Leading to their persecution.
• Nero was overthrown in the end by his own people, bringing an end to the Julio-Claudius ________.
FACTS
• Nero, not trusting his ___________ Guard to carry out the _______ of his mother, ordered naval troops to sink a boat that she would be sailing on.
• The first attempt failed because his mother was _____ to swim to shore.
• Nero them ordered his troops to do the job directly.
PHRASES LATIN & ENGLISH TRANSLATION
• ________ nescire literas - I _____ I could not write ( illiterate )
• Qualis _______ pereo - What an artist dies in me! (Supposed famous last words)
• Occulta talento _____________ non prodest quicoquam - Hidden ________ counts for nothing
CITIES
• Nero was born in _______, Italy.
• He died in Rome, _____.
SOURCES
• livescience.com
• biography.com
• roman-empire.net
• ancient.eu
• britannica.com
• eyewitnesstohistory.com