{"slug": "nero", "label": "Nero", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1413", "qid": "Q1413", "description": "fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)", "entries": 34, "years": 25, "span": [-38, 109], "span_label": ["39 BCE", "109 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 10}, {"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "agrippina-the-younger", "label": "Agrippina the Younger", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "vespasian", "label": "Vespasian", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "praetorian-guard", "label": "Praetorian Guard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "legio-x-fretensis", "label": "Legio X Fretensis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-emperor", "label": "Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caligula", "label": "Caligula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mark-antony", "label": "Mark Antony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "claudius", "label": "Claudius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seneca-the-younger", "label": "Seneca the Younger", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sudan", "label": "Sudan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -38, "year_label": "39 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Antonia the Elder, daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero and Messalina (d. bef. 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He tries to kill her through a planned shipwreck, but when she survives, he has her executed and frames it as a suicide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373339620#Roman_Empire", "title": "50s", "revid": 1373339620, "section": "Events › 59 AD › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 59, "year_label": "59 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero (b. AD 15)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373339620#59_AD", "title": "50s", "revid": 1373339620, "section": "Deaths › 59 AD"}}, {"year": 60, "year_label": "60 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Nero's exploration of the Nile: Emperor Nero sends an expedition which reaches the historical city Meroë (Sudan). (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372200754#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 60", "revid": 1372200754, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 62, "year_label": "62 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Nero marries for the second time, to Poppaea Sabina, ex-wife of Marcus Salvius Otho.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561412#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 62", "revid": 1363561412, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 62, "year_label": "62 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gaius Rubellius Plautus, cousin of Nero (executed) (b. AD 33)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561412#Deaths", "title": "AD 62", "revid": 1363561412, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 62, "year_label": "62 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (possibly executed) (b. AD 40)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561412#Deaths", "title": "AD 62", "revid": 1363561412, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 63, "year_label": "63 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Claudia Augusta, daughter of Nero", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330182489#Deaths", "title": "AD 63", "revid": 1330182489, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 64, "year_label": "64 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 — Peter the Apostle (Margherita Guarducci, who led the research leading to the rediscovery of Peter's reputed tomb in 1963, concluded that Peter died on that date, shortly after the Great Fire of Rome and during the festivities to mark \"dies imperii\" of Emperor Nero, and that Peter and other Christians were crucified in honor of the decennial of Nero's October 13, AD 54 ascension to the imperial throne.) (b. 1 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339212432#Deaths", "title": "AD 64", "revid": 1339212432, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 65, "year_label": "65 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Poppea Sabina, second wife of Nero (b. AD 30)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561417#Deaths", "title": "AD 65", "revid": 1363561417, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 65, "year_label": "65 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – The freedman Milichus betrays the Pisonian conspiracy led by Gaius Calpurnius Piso to kill Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363561417#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 65", "revid": 1363561417, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 66, "year_label": "66 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Emperor Nero creates the Legio I Italica. He appoints Titus Flavius Vespasian as General of the army of Judea, and Governor of Judea which gives him command of three legions — V Macedonica, X Fretensis and XV Apollinaris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330182683#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 66", "revid": 1330182683, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 67, "year_label": "67 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gaius Julius Vindex revolts, first in a series of revolts that lead to Nero's downfall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371185877#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 67", "revid": 1371185877, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 68, "year_label": "68 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Emperor Nero commits suicide four miles outside Rome. He is deserted by the Praetorian Guard, and then stabs himself in the throat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330183058#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 68", "revid": 1330183058, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 68, "year_label": "68 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Nero, Roman emperor (suicide) (b. AD 37)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330183058#Deaths", "title": "AD 68", "revid": 1330183058, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 69, "year_label": "69 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Year of the Four Emperors: After Nero's death, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian succeed each other as emperor during the year. The year is marked by numerous instances of a breakdown in discipline and mutinous conduct amongst the Roman legions and the praetorian guard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367882081#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 69", "revid": 1367882081, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 69, "year_label": "69 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Locusta, Roman female poison expert to Nero (executed)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367882081#Deaths", "title": "AD 69", "revid": 1367882081, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 95, "year_label": "95 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Epaphroditus, Roman freedman of Nero (executed)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186474#Deaths", "title": "AD 95", "revid": 1371186474, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 109, "year_label": "109 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Baths of Trajan, built by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus, are dedicated during the Calends. The thermae are constructed on the platform of the Palace of Nero (Domus Aurea) in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330325652#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 109", "revid": 1330325652, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}