The Roman Series: Roman Emperor Nero
Most people know Roman Emperor Nero due to its bad reputation and his role in the Great Fire of Rome. But how did he become as he was? What's his background? You'll read it in this post of the Roman Series. Was Nero a bad guy? Family Nero was born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus on 15 December 37 AD in Antium. He was the only son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahnobarbus and Agrippina the Younger. His maternal grandparents were Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Nero was thus a great-great grandson of Augusts and he descended from the first Emperor's only daughter Julia. Early Life in 40 AD Nero's father Domitius died. A few years before his death Domitius had been involved in a political scandal. The next year Nero's mother Agrippina had been caught up in a scandal on her own. She was suspected of adultery with her brother-in-law Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Agrippina and her sister Julia Livilla were banished by Caligula to a remote island in the Mediterranean Sea. Nero'