Notorious for being a cruel megalomaniac tyrant who persecuted early Christians, had his stepbrother, two of his wives and even his own mother murdered, Rome's fifth emperor, Nero, has never been held ...
May 21—There were more bad Roman emperors than good ones, but one of the worst was Nero, who began the empire's pattern of persecuting Christians. Clergymen Mike Atkins and Leslie Boone say Nero ...
The name Nero, like Madonna or Voltaire, needs little introduction. Even if you didn’t know that the Roman emperor’s full name was Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, or that he succeeded the ...