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Nero

fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)

34 dated entries naming Nero, drawn from 25 separate years between 39 BCE and 109 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

  • 39 BCEAntonia the Elder, daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero and Messalina (d. bef. AD 25)source
  • 2 BCEGnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, father of Nerosource

1st century

  • 30Poppaea Sabina, second wife of Nero (d. AD 65)source
  • 35Statilia Messalina, Roman empress and wife of Nero (approximate date)source
  • 37December 15 – Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68 AD)source
  • 39Tigellinus, minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor Nero, is banished for adultery with Caligula's sisters.source
  • 49Seneca the Younger becomes Nero's tutor.source
  • 49Nero becomes engaged to Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius.source
  • 51Burrus, praetorian prefect (51–62 AD), charges Seneca with the education of Nero.source
  • 53June 9 – Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter Claudia Octavia.source
  • 54October 13 – Emperor Claudius dies (possibly after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece), and is succeeded by Nero.source
  • 55Emperor Nero becomes a Roman Consul.source
  • 57Emperor Nero becomes a Roman consul again.source
  • 58Agrippina the Younger, conspired with the senators in late 58 to overthrow Nero.source
  • 58Emperor Nero and Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus become Roman consuls.source
  • 58Agrippina the Younger is expelled from the imperial palace by her son Nero, who installs her in Villa Antonia in Misenum, and leaving more of the effective and real power of Empire in the hands of Nero.source
  • 59March 23 – Emperor Nero orders the murder of his mother Agrippina the Younger. He tries to kill her through a planned shipwreck, but when she survives, he has her executed and frames it as a suicide.source
  • 59March 23 – Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero (b. AD 15)source
  • 60Nero's exploration of the Nile: Emperor Nero sends an expedition which reaches the historical city Meroë (Sudan). (approximate date)source
  • 62Emperor Nero marries for the second time, to Poppaea Sabina, ex-wife of Marcus Salvius Otho.source
  • 62Gaius Rubellius Plautus, cousin of Nero (executed) (b. AD 33)source
  • 62June 8 – Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (possibly executed) (b. AD 40)source
  • 63Claudia Augusta, daughter of Nerosource
  • 64October 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)source
  • 65Poppea Sabina, second wife of Nero (b. AD 30)source
  • 65April 19 – The freedman Milichus betrays the Pisonian conspiracy led by Gaius Calpurnius Piso to kill Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.source
  • 66September 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.source
  • 67Gaius Julius Vindex revolts, first in a series of revolts that lead to Nero's downfall.source
  • 68June 9 – Emperor Nero commits suicide four miles outside Rome. He is deserted by the Praetorian Guard, and then stabs himself in the throat.source
  • 68June 9 – Nero, Roman emperor (suicide) (b. AD 37)source
  • 69The 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.source
  • 69Locusta, Roman female poison expert to Nero (executed)source
  • 95Epaphroditus, Roman freedman of Nero (executed)source

2nd century

  • 109The 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.source

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