Nero: Rome’s Antichrist

[@Biographics]

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[@theangryaustralian7624]

Pro gamer Simon is at it again

[@rickynchisaira]

Why are kangaroo courts called "kangaroo courts "?

[@NOSOUND921]

Biographics are you Russian spy ?

[@dexterkoula3407]

damn dude, usually sponsored video plugs are pretty lame.... you really killed it with that bluntness tho. GG

[@NefatiousK]

Please don't ever say "long-ass" ever again...

[@GoodNight0wl]

Rome's history makes Game of Thrones look like a children's Saturday cartoon.

[@GoodNight0wl]

@Matthew Andrews You're referring to the black dinner, right?

[@jsoo67]

Lol this comment deserves an award.

[@unstableATL]

Matthew Andrews is correct. Some houses are fictional but the Starks are loosely based on the York’s and the Lannister’s based on the Lancaster’s. Even the maps of England and Westeros are similar. Hadrian’s Wall = The Wall. Both kept the wild free folk out of the south. There’s a few more like some of the battles, (I think), but I cannot recall right now.

[@VisualVariant]

Sckolar the old saying. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[@chadsknnr]

U Betta believe it!

[@thebrocialist8300]

*BioGraphics:* “Emperor Nero was actually beloved for a time by his people [and] he never actually fiddled as Rome burnt.” *Me:* ‘I guess he wasn’t that bad after a-‘ *BioGraphics:* “He instead fiddled a boy he had abducted and castrated because he resembled the wife he had previously kicked to death.” *Me:* 😐

[@masungayongiro]

wider streets, though...

[@BeckyEnchanted]

Pregnant wife, no less

[@suzanafernandes8665]

Yeah... he wasn’t that bad, right...

[@FlyToBeach]

The Brocialist Ikr

[@evetsnitram8866]

He played air guitar.

[@AmethystSnow]

That poor kid Sporus. Imagine walking down a street one day and getting kidnapped, castrated, and forced by a psycho to play his dead wife.

[@patrickbateman9850]

Classic

[@dahnmason3243]

I can only fantasize every night as I try to fall asleep hoping it becomes a literal dream🥺😞🙏

[@justiceadams6623]

@Run agree

[@hannahm9893]

@@dahnmason3243 breh

[@oussamat612]

why is your name Anatolia

[@saltymisfit6566]

"What's that? Yes, she stabbed herself......23 times. It really is sad."

[@Biographics]

Hahha, remind me of this gem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3evfnarZreGhNk "he was runnin' to get a bus and it fell into his arm ya know"

[@anonymousontheinternet4486]

@@Biographics Hey, can you do a video on Bass Reeves next. He was a black cowboy and law man who caught over 3000 criminals through out his service. Some of the stories of his ordeals are like stuff from classic western movies. In fact there is popular belief that the Lone ranger is based on his adventures. It would be a really entertaining video.

[@korvasterindar9672]

"Yes, She did fall repeatedly onto the guards swords...it was an accident...i swear."

[@anonymousontheinternet4486]

@@korvasterindar9672 I can confirm, I was the sword.

[@realkekz]

Just like Epstein committing suicide by two gunshots to the back of the head

[@juliuscaesar8185]

Finally, some biographies about Ancient Rome!

[@ilarious5729]

I can't guite get my finger around it but I have a feeling you have a thing for ancient Rome.. 🤔

[@kirisategoman3228]

Julius Caesar 81 hi Caesar how are you

[@NSFWill]

Hows the back feeling Julius?

[@YazzPott]

Awe, true to Caesar.

[@monstersamator5288]

Hey julius who was on you're life insurance beneficiary

[@artypyrec4186]

Nero *brutally murder someone and set them on fire in front of a crowd* Also Nero: that's a weird suicide

[@strangness7191]

Nero: “Who could have done this….”

[@YourGraceMyLady]

lol

[@giulianagrosso8260]

"why would the christians do this?"

[@RD-zx6py]

Putin: write that down!

[@cromagn1n]

“This long ass video” earned you an instant thumbs up

[@Biographics]

:D

[@Zarafin]

@@Biographics :)

[@turtleanton6539]

It is kinda short for this channel

[@JesamyPorter]

Soooo that’s why early 2000s CD burning software was called Nero. Mind blown.

[@WmG2004]

Ooooohhh!!!!!

[@Pistolemaster]

This is why I love the human race.

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

Wow, this took my childhood back when I was 7.

[@c4prantik]

Nero burning ROM

[@haztetv7226]

omg

[@tuckemon]

Imagine being so cruel and twisted with your tortures and executions that even the blood thirsty Romans thought it was too much. That's saying something when you really think about it 😲

[@thunderbird1921]

Using innocent people as human garden torches and feeding them to beasts for entertainment...yeah I think Hitler, Stalin and Mao have at least a rival for "most evil man in history".

[@tuckemon]

@@thunderbird1921 oh for sure but those guys came after Nero. Depravity and evil evolves with society unfortunately.

[@GarretRB]

@@tuckemon I feel like Nero style brutality is almost more demented because it’s achieving no goal. It’s not worse by scale at all but it was just aimless human suffering for the pleasure of evil people.

[@starman3778]

Uhhh no the emperor's and the elite were cruel, that doesn't mean every roman was automatically cruel lol. Maybe to foreigners but there'd be no reason to act so cruel against your own people for so little

[@owenjames8575]

@@thunderbird1921 yeah, they aren't even close. Those three did their actions for a reason, to improve their peoples and countries. Nero was just a sadist. Why is this such a difficult concept for people to grasp

[@pacoramon9468]

The real Game of Thrones, with less dragons but with a decent ending.

[@lzi9452]

paco ramon sounds better

[@stevenschnepp576]

To be fair, Rome with dragons sounds pretty cool. Pity Naomi Novik didn't do more than just a short story with it.

[@Enigmatic_Lurker]

Et tu Paco?

[@stevenbaker7025]

You mean the tv show that wrote its own ending?

[@nore5992]

You mean a Magnificent Scotlands ice king Chad getting stabbed by Some weird ass little girl using a knife with his fellow cripple brother?. Yeah such a tragics ending for our Chad Icy king

[@vinny5638]

That 'queen of England dancing naked in an amsterdam brothel' comparison is EXACTLY why I'm subscribed to this channel lol.

[@Biographics]

:)

[@owenlindkvist5355]

Except that the line was stolen, and slightly reworked from a BBC historical documentary concern the life of Nero.

[@anapm2927]

I too appreciate the mental image!

[@S.A.O.D.A]

You have some weird fetishes bro

[@anapm2927]

@@S.A.O.D.A Don't we all?

[@blacklite911]

Honestly, Agrippina the younger’s story is more intriguing. The Mad autocrat is a tale as old as time but how a girl who was married off to a sleazy old man at 13 and excommunicated then climbed her way to the top is a story about someone with tremendous will, keen strategy and aptitude for treachery. I’d like to see that story told

[@johnsaunders2109]

She wasn't married at 13! She was the neice of Claudius and married him for political reasons when Nero was around 10! It was totally incestuous, but freely entered into by a scheming mature woman! And how was she excommunicated? Rome did not become Christian for another 300 years !!!

[@blacklite911]

@@johnsaunders2109 metaphorically excommunicated, like exiled, persona non grata

[@johnsaunders2109]

@@blacklite911 but she was exiled by her brother, Caligula, for being part of a rebellion! She was nothing like you describe her!

[@Doomzdeh]

I wouldn’t really say it was all that impressive. She was exiled by her brother for years and was only welcomed back to Rome because she was Emperor Claudius’s only relative left besides Nero. If the Praetorian Guard hadn’t killed Caligula and his daughter, Agrippina would have never returned to Rome. Upon her return, she then seduced Emperor Claudius, a man who was commonly seen as weak and unmanly due to his stutter and limp. His own wife had cheated on him for years and Claudius wasn’t known to be desired by any. I doubt it was all that hard to seduce such an insecure and undesirable guy, especially when you’re his only close connection left to a family that he always craved respect from. At the end of the day, just like Claudius, Agrippina was someone who got lucky enough to get exactly the right conditions for success.

[@rulisa1131]

Nero, burning Rome since 64 and burning DVDs since 1997.

[@annescholey6546]

Worse than Batman n Robin😠

[@dibassarkar2898]

@@annescholey6546 He was talking about the Nero software

[@IshanGogoi]

you had to XD

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Now he just makes coffee...

[@Badmemorycure]

Underrated comment

[@willkayl8793]

This video was exceptional. Ancient Rome was fascinatingly bonkers. You did an amazing job squeezing the whole of Nero’s life into 25 minutes. Keep up these great videos. Cheers.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:35 - Chapter 1 - Family ties 5:30 - Chapter 2 - Where the monster was nurtured 9:15 - Chapter 3 - The artistic emperor 12:15 - Mid roll ads 13:30 - Chapter 4 - Let the mother burn 17:10 - Chapter 5 - The horrors of love 20:30 - Chapter 6 - "What an artist dies in me"

[@trisarathops]

“Emotionally unstable 16 year old...“ show me a 16 year old that isn’t emotionally unstable; the difference being they don’t get to rule an empire with everything that comes with it

[@andyv16012]

I'm a Police Officer, at times I've pulled people over and told them to stop driving like a pissed off teenager.

[@luckyspurs]

Also, show me a Roman Emperor of any age without the emotional instability of a 16 year old.

[@SH19922x]

@@luckyspurs Marcus Crassus and Julius Ceaser (the real bedrock of the start of Roman Empire from a republic) had the sharpest wits out of any men in all of human history. They were not mad nor were they deviated, they were completely ruthless in control of every aspect and were the two greatest minds of Roman dominance. Also were among the top 5 genuine battle warriors that Rome had, they were both near on the same level of Spartacas and Alexander the great, myth of Achilles in skill.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Trisarathops This has been repeated before and since.

[@heavyhanded1782]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 so has this...

[@3AMJH]

Still waiting for Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Philosopher King.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

I honestly think I would rather them just cover his meditations, Cliff's Notes style. Or even better, have Simon just read it out loud.

[@jmchez]

For Trajan and Hadrian also. So good that they were labeled as "good pagans" by the early Christians.

[@mattm7798]

Strength and Honor

[@tarionmarsden157]

Yes i need to know about the philosopher king

[@jmchez]

@@mattm7798 Quod in Vita Fascimus in Aeternum Resonat.

[@pyromania1018]

Actually, a lot of people were pleased when Nero killed his mother, as they considered her a bad influence on him. She was widely hated for marrying Claudius, and rumors abounded that she even slept with Nero in order to control him.

[@holben27]

Yeah she was a manipulator, and I wouldn't be surprised if her abuse of Nero is what fueled his cruel perversions. Like Ed Gein

[@MaleviahBurned]

You know how people felt back then? Damn. That's crazy....

[@whittar]

@@MaleviahBurned It's called being able to read

[@MrMarinus18]

That is very true but the taboo was still there. So people were actually kind of hating them both.

[@deborahrobinson9718]

Lol well he turned out much worse than she could’ve ever been

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

Go to sleep or watch a 25 minute video on Nero? It’s not even a question.

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Hahahaha!

[@kjn-s2336]

Yeah... I really think sleep might be nice :)

[@Skelstoolbox]

@@kjn-s2336 With her you mean, or alone?

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

Lol

[@Skelstoolbox]

@@rhodesianwojak2095 "I'm talking penis and vagina!!" --- Not Another Teen Movie...

[@jessiestoss4567]

His mother faced her execution like a true badass.

[@zeynaviegas]

Nero: too late

[@OmarMohamed-ze7jy]

she was prolly prepared to get assassinated after assassinating so many people herself, irony is sweet

[@StrangeTamer178]

By telling her killers to stab her in the puss?

[@sheslikeheroin93]

@@StrangeTamer178the womb is the belly not the puss dimwit

[@StrangeTamer178]

@@sheslikeheroin93 I was just making a joke dbag. And token's life matters

[@SinaAla]

By the first ten minutes I was already overwhelmed by the murders, twists and turns. And Nero was only a teenager 😭

[@leonardmoriarity3612]

Nero is. Nut

[@thomasrush2095]

Nero never fiddled while Rome burned, because the fiddle was not invented until 1500 AD.

[@fhantasm]

Ancient Rome has CNN too I guess

[@lordmouse9985]

The fiddle as we know it was yes, but the original form of the fiddle was created in the 11th century.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

@@fhantasm fiddled sounds better than "lyred"

[@Packless1]

In fact he wasn't even there, he had an alibi. He was 60km away and when he learned about the fire, he rushed back home to organize the fire-fighters and the relief-efforts...!

[@zappawench6048]

Are you calling Simon a lyre?

[@justherald1117]

"What an artist dies with me". Wow, goosebumps. Even fiction doesn't get much better than this.

[@cagrant4472]

NO. Rome's craziest emperor (of the Claudians anyway) was indisputably Caligula. I think Simon has it absolutely right. Nero is what you get when you raise --- or rather, let your son grow up --- the way Agrippina Junior used her son as of puppet to achieve power for herself. Is anyone surprised that he had her murdered? I'm not.

[@michaels4255]

Like mother, like son.

[@joey17503]

True. But I have to respectfully disagree with you. Nero captured (or ordered) a boy, chopped his private parts off, married him and fondled him. All because the boys face looked like his dead wife (whom he killed as well). That alone, deserves to have him placed as the worst Emperor that Rome has ever had (as far as an empire is concerned). Caligula on the other hand, was psychotic but most of his evilness came from his brain because he was most likely poisoned (which in turn most likely fried his brain). Nero didn’t have that, he was in full control of his actions. He chose his fate. Plus, he burned Christian’s as well.

[@TheJohny727]

Agrippina had a great teacher, her tactics and way to power echoes Livia, Augsutus' wife. Being under her protection for most of her life until Livia's death, it's incredible to see how Agrippina managed to control the Roman political stage and bend it to her will, even succumbing later to death just like Livia, taking control from her son and eventually dying becasue of it.

[@Hoi4o]

Seneca was actually Nero's educator as a child and his advisor along with Burrus during his initial years of reign. The older Nero got, the less advice he took from them. That's why his rulership got worse and worse over time, especially after Burrus died and the old Seneca was left all alone with the cruel mind of a mad ruler.

[@437765513]

It's literally like Mike Tyson and Cus D'Amato

[@aidanchiang8115]

Nero in the past: I kill without thought Nero now: UmU

[@taco2215]

You just earned some time in Salt gacha jail

[@I_love_M4A1]

HASHIRE SORIYO KAZE NO YOU NI TSUGIMI HARA WO AZPADORU !!

[@thecatdragon589]

nero now: deadweight

[@KennyRider137]

"I didn't set Rome on fire and to prove it I will set these Christians on fire IN Rome!"

[@arealgem9404]

Bobby Knuckles the first Christians were......... JEWS LOL !

[@nore5992]

@Bobby Knuckles Really?. Even in Ancient Rome they called Jesus as "A Jews who dead in the Cross" same for the Jews who call him a Usurper but instead he can make a religion out of it. Your thoughs is just a prespective nowdays Society depicted it from

[@W45P.]

Probably cos they started the fire.

[@danielhogan6255]

NoRe christianity can be considered a sect of judean faith back in those days...greece is the main reason why christianity is considered a different religion...heck christians the way the world see them nowadays would of been sojourners, strangers, servants and refugees in ancient jewish societys....also as a heads up...the difference between hebrews and jewish peoples comes from a political struggle that happened during the time hebrews were conquering the land of the caaninites....jewish people come from the tribe of judah, one of 12 hebrew tribes, which split off and claimed a city that would become jerusalem while the other 11 founded isreal.

[@hesedagape6122]

It was only after 350 AD that Christianity became a totally separate religion from Rabbinic Judaism.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

"The queen of England dancing naked for money in an Amsterdam brothel." That has to be one of the funniest things I've heard a You Tuber say. He's comparing Nero being an artist to that level of outrage.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

@Bobby KnucklesHitler didn't start the Nazi party. He took it over. But I see your point. Maybe sometimes dictators can be frustrated artists.

[@megastoejoe]

So many wrinkles...

[@johnsaunders2109]

Would you pay to have it with a 95 year old midget in a funny hat ?!?

[@mikshinee87]

@@johnsaunders2109 Well, yes.

[@daniyalshah4338]

@@johnsaunders2109 are you actually mocking the Queen of great britain scotland and northern island and head of the common wealth where her ancestor ruled the largest empire the world had ever seen ruling over 412 million people?!! And the most powerful empire the world had ever seen

[@svg_ch]

So... you are telling me that Nero wasn't a cute blonde anime girl?

[@arapimamilkbottle3076]

Does he say umu though

[@edeensalihovic5588]

No, that's Naruto.

[@buzzcity8382]

What's up with the stupid anime girl. she is a freak compare to Nero.

[@danialyousaf6456]

And neither was he the son of a half demon half human ? With white hair and a (previously) demonic right arm ?

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I'm beginning to think Nero wished he was.

[@joshuahunt3032]

Geez, it seems like Tiberius caused quite the echo in time by killing Caligula’s dad.

[@chrisclifton7276]

"Thank jupiter" smooth... I like it.

[@geekinutopia5899]

Hahaha

[@96unicorns]

Nero: Kicks prego wife to death, castrates a boy that looks like her and sexually abuses him for years Biographics: See, Nero isn't that bad :D

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Not as bad as Tiberius and Caligula.

[@sevensietesheva]

I was thinking the same, 🤦‍♂️

[@sto1238]

He was a just a misunderstood young man!

[@johnsaunders2109]

It's all relative! Nero was not as bad as his lunatic uncle, Caligula. And compared to a lunatic future emperor. Egalobarbus, who reigned I the 220s AD, he was almost a social democrat!

[@erichfuentebella6298]

I have a theory that nero was suffering from like a severe mental illness and that he did love his wife but again severe mental illness so he did bad stuff idk like do you know those serial killers in stories who kills their s/o? yeah but ofc even if it is true his actions will never be justified and never should be too. I think he does a really good complex antagonist fictional character but unfortunately he was real lol

[@oslonorway547]

I don't know who does the writing, but I've noticed, no matter what our previous notion of the entity whose biography is being discussed, you guys have a way of writing it and Simon has his way of narrating it, that at the end, you got us thinking: _"Hey, the dude wasn't so bad after all. I mean, ge may have murdered 20 million innocent civilians, but he could have been any one of us."_ ... You bastards! I want you guys to prepare my eulogy when I die :)

[@vinny5638]

@Ron H That's what I like about this channel. Instead of leading you on with opinion-based descriptors, the facts of the matter are laid out in an entirely unbiased manner for us to mull over inernally. Its actual content instead of hand-holding.

[@Bam_Bizzler]

@@vinny5638 im honestly surprised how honest and informative the videos are with how frequent they come out

[@stevehardy7241]

This world is more twiztid than I thought

[@vinny5638]

@GuildBankLooter I genuinely havent noticed such, and Im a staunch centrist. Has he made some error that indicates leftist bias?

[@isaacschmitt4803]

I mean, it's kinda like that old Reddit (?) post with the still from one of Hitler's home videos made by Eva Braun where he's smiling and flirting with her, saying that he should be filming her. It shows he was just as human as the rest of us, and that alone is more genuinely terrifying than anything made by horror writers of the day. Because as much as we want to tell ourselves that only the truly evil monsters would do the things he did, under the right circumstances, any of us could do great acts of evil.

[@glutiousmaximus12]

Game of Thrones is so brutal. Ancient Rome: Hold my beer

[@AO00720]

You mean hold my Olive branch

[@HyperionaSilverleaf]

Wine

[@jakealter5504]

ChristIan Rome was only more brutal during the later part of the claudian dynasty (under Tiberius, Caligula, and the later part of Nero’s reign), during the year of the four emperors, and during the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Ancient Rome was actually better than Westeros the rest of the time

[@mekaokelly8377]

Lol

[@nore5992]

Rome Emperor : Exist Praetorian Guard : *I find that offensive so that you must die*

[@colinsmith929]

One of the things I find very strange is how the Julio Claudian and other early pagan rulers of Rome were just cartoonishly evil and hedonistic. I mean by the time you get to the later emperors they seem to have lost much of hedonism and instead are busy stabbing each other in the back and civil warring back and forth. I mean Honorius (one of the few emperors to not be a General and survive to die of old age) the most hedonistic thing I know of him is that when his sister left for Constantinople suddenly it was rumored to be because he had made a pass at her. Which is definitely creepy but even if true is a far cry from Tiberius's little minnows for example.

[@chick_nuggs9318]

It's almost like humans are radically depraved. Who would have guessed?

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Roman senate: We need you to be serious Emperor, The empire is in trouble. Nero: *censored* you I'm having too much fun and you're interrupting my art!

[@RealSkoolmaster]

Nero: The first millenial

[@coquito_godess4627]

read the beginning "censor you" reminded me of mushu from mulan saying dishonor on you xD random but ur comment made my day

[@URProductions]

I read that in ancient Latin they pronounced their v's as "w". For instance, "Veni vidi vici" was actually pronounced "weeny widi weeky". Of course, what his means is that Vindex may actually have been pronounced as... ... "windex".

[@trojanmane148]

Lol

[@TheSouthwestBoyz]

EmperorJuliusCaesar my liege!

[@mankomamada2545]

*weendex, but funny nonetheless.

[@scumbagjesus999]

Rikiki

[@RikoJAmado]

EmperorJuliusCaesar Yes. In fact, the term “ Kaiser” comes from Caesar with a k: Keasar. Now I kind of want some Little Kaiser’s Pizza.

[@ibelieveinyourgalaxy]

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.” Becoming emperor was the worst thing that could have happened for him and his victims.

[@mtatarko1]

8:49 Nero "pulling an Epstein" before it was cool.

[@Gamebred-Nightmare]

@Jay Camacho Shut up

[@ninjaked1265]

Except Epstein didn’t kill himself

[@mtatarko1]

@@ninjaked1265 I was referring to 8:49, when Nero claimed Agrippina had committed suicide.

[@Hwje1111]

Wrong timestamp. Should’ve been when he tried to turn some boy who looked like his former wife into a woman.

[@michaels4255]

Epstein did not kill himself. Do you really think it was only a ""coincidence" that BOTH surveillance cameras "malfunctioned" just before Epstein died, that his guards were not held accountable for failing to check on him, or that he was being held in America's most Jewish city, and one of its most corrupt, at the time of his death? When I heard where he was being held, I predicted he would either die in jail or escape to Israel. I really hate being correct so often when it comes to my political predictions. If only I were more fallible! You almost can't be too cynical when it comes to politics.

[@mariakelly5]

You really need to do one on the female Egyptian Pharaoh Hapshepsut.

[@sanchekl76]

Maria Kelly any of the women from Ancient Egypt.

[@cynthiaadams2392]

I agree!

[@lum26akua28]

@Devil RedHD You're reaching, bro'.

[@ianofliverpool7701]

Why?

[@annescholey6546]

Only when the Cheops are open😂

[@dragon.phoenix]

"Thank Jupiter" had me smashing the like button 😂😂😂

[@balaportejean7015]

😂😂. Jesus is the Son of God. Hope u believe in his death and resurrection and repent from sin. Luv ya♥️

[@Konoronn]

@@balaportejean7015 :[

[@farmerjoe6919]

Sometimes history just feels like someone spilling ancient tea

[@rosscherry6055]

Please do Marshall Applewhite! He was the leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult who killed themselves to go live on a spaceship trailing a passing comet.

[@dulezninjaman4788]

Ross Cherry Joseph seed wants to know your location....

[@youngpablo9007]

He's my boy

[@youngpablo9007]

Ross Cherry OH btw type in Heaven's Gate UFO Cult Documentary. It has tonnes of interviews and a fantastic telling of both the lives of Marshall and the female leader (can't remember her name) Really recommend it. Pretty non biased reporting (as this channel normally is)

[@airplaneoverthesemen]

He was also the most infamous Nike testimonial

[@Makarosc]

Too obscure

[@emily-grace6246]

I wrote my final essay on Nero in a history class in college, all had to be from memory, and I’m proud of how much I remember correctly 8 years later 🤩 still, of course, learned much new information as well! Thanks for your and your team’s work, Simon!

[@nazz_uk298]

History is full of savages and murderers it's unimaginable! We truly live in amazing time while I watch this on my phone of light..

[@corbin8293]

watching the unfolding of some of the most powerful people to ever live on witchcraftian brick that spews out light and sound is truly bewildering. To think desensitization has led to something truly remarkable to be such a norm

[@31webseries]

Moments like these, unfortunately, don't tend to last very long.

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

not that amazing anymore...look around you :(

[@nazz_uk298]

@R S Hardship and changes are part of life and we will come out better humans out of it I'm sure of it my people.

[@blackandwhiteguy4264]

Corona virus:I don't think so

[@psychocookie5899]

I think a video on Madame Toussaud could be really interesting. Everyone knows about her wax museums but her true life story was just so incredible. I would love to see what you guys could dig up on her. Also, this video was amazing, had been waiting for it for a long time. Great job!💜

[@shebbs1]

Not sure if it is Biographics, but there is a good one on YT. An interesting woman, to be sure. Will try and find it.

[@m__zombi]

Your ancient history videos are absolutely fantastic. I’m so glad I found this channel.

[@josephinetracy1485]

He's as biased as the day is long..

[@traeherren2269]

An artist that killed jews... where have I heard that story before? Side note: St's Peter and Paul were killed during Nero's attack on Christians

[@royalcorvid]

_Nero: Rome's Neckbeard Emperor_

[@alexk7880]

odd title.

[@bostevens8516]

Jeffrey Scott He has to make sure the m’ ladies didn’t ignore “nice guys” like him. I’m sure he couldn’t help that he was “big boned”.

[@darthtater545]

A supreme gentleman until the end. RIP in pepperoni

[@matthewbennett1972]

I wonder if trump plays the fiddle

[@Kelly-dm8mj]

Nero: The anti-Chad

[@freddymeisner]

I can say, without question, Simon Whistler is one of the hardest working talents on KZbin.

[@Paslayas]

Sporus should have had the privilege of killing Nero.

[@BladeRunnerNX6]

I love your videos (: But you skipped over his obsessed relationship with the slave girl acte. They were in a secret relationship for about 3-4 years. Seneca helped him with this. Acte came before Sabina. She helped give him a proper funeral after his suicide.

[@orionrazilov5994]

''Have I neither friend nor foe?....'' so poetic and so crushingly lonely, I love it

[@metaltree9829]

"You see how long this video is, yes you get to enjoy this long ass video." Best opening ever.

[@redjirachi1]

Nero throughout history 69-2010 CE: Evil tyrant 2010 CE-present: Waifu

[@Sumthin_Unbearable]

Kaze no yo ni

[@emperorcokelord1021]

That's how he will be remembered. From a man playing a harp while watching Rome burn to a Saber clone

[@raspberry_wiskey6999]

You made a mistake, throughout all history he is viewed as a waifu

[@strider4life696]

2008 CE-present: A smart-mouthed devil hunter with a mechanical right arm and Devil Trigger mode

[@invincibleunderthesun8545]

Musashi Miyamoto Feudal Japan: Manly Swordsman Now: Waifu

[@tyleralbrecht6015]

Bro, Rome why you stabbing all your rulers and getting away with. I’d be scared to be in any position of power in fear of being stabbed

[@nick_g1126]

As you should be, honestly.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

"Do you want to become consul? " "Hell nah, I don't want to get stabbed!" "To bad. That was not a choice." *stabs you*

[@cantbetamed2210]

"poisoned my stepbrother, ordered men to kill my mother, tried to drown her but she fled So I had her stabbed instead' -HH (Rome's Bad Emperors)

[@--Paws--]

It seems like Caligula, Nero, much like young celebrities who rose to fame share that similar stress disorder.

[@sto1238]

Yea thankfully most young celebrities don’t kill people unless you’re an NFL tight end from the university of Florida

[@johnsaunders2109]

A meaningless image for any non American !!!!

[@im2arrogant118]

Fun fact Joffrey is actually inspired by Nero.

[@ubermikesocal]

20:34 Vindex had a twin brother who had a fantastic talent of cleaning glass surfaces. His name was Windex.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Indeed.

[@BeckyEnchanted]

Life's interesting little details indeed

[@CHAOSKRACKA]

UberMikeSocal Slayer has a twin brother rapper Playa

[@luckyspurs]

Nero should have sent the pair off to Germany just to add to the confusion.

[@BDXRP11B]

Another who liked to organize phone numbers: index

[@Tia-Marie]

But boy did Nero love the theatre and dedicated to that old fashioned mum murdering! Keeping up with the Julio--Claudians should be a series =D

[@jmchez]

Perhaps named after the a man who witnessed all of the Julio-Claudian shenanigans. Maybe Emperor Claudius?

[@Tia-Marie]

@jmchez - I wouldn't mind a drunk history version of I, Claudius and Claudius, the god (obviously a version more less fantastical than the drama).

[@Tia-Marie]

@EbberDeeMills - Oh man, that would be their BEST SEASON yet.

[@annstillwell730]

Check out I Claudius. Great series about the family.

[@criastrangler2219]

If nero really stated "too late", I feel like taking a massive leak on him would've been just fine.

[@willembester3912]

Imagine being Nero's shrink. "Allright,lad,let's talk about your mother today,shall we?"

[@ojutay8375]

You are immediately crucified

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

Or perhaps a session of art therapy instead.

[@Puvwilmo00]

Damn, now I wanna see Nero in a therapy session where Sigmund Freud is his shrink.

[@TheButtshd]

@@Puvwilmo00 that would be a good episode on interdimensional cable

[@Tempusverum]

“Now, tell me about Mother.” “I’M NORMA BATES!” 🤪 🔪

[@JT-cloverbottomt]

Simon.....neurosyphilis....it could explain why Nero had a good 5 years of stable thought at the beginning of his reign and then went insane. Thank you for the video. It was great!

[@l.gcallahan2840]

Makes sense. Probably contracted from his many sexual exploits.

[@intersanctum]

My exact thoughts.

[@TGuard00014]

Was neurosyphilis circulating in Rome at the time?

[@arsailor2341]

If he didn't really kill his wife like some commenters are saying, if the Christians he killed really did start the fire (Remember Rome crucified Jesus and they were being led by Rebellious Jews), and IF the boy wasn't really kidnapped, but rather dressed like a girl to get noticed by the emperor and consented, then he wasn't crazy, just perverted.

[@johnnyvivic8730]

"Nero-syphilis"

[@LEEDAVEY1984]

How was the wine made in Rome? Brewed in lead cauldrons, therefore if one is constantly comsuming lead posioning to themselves, the biggest side effect is madness. Food for thought, as a lot of these guys drank all the time as the alcohol strength was not very high, so it wouldn't be a few glasses. It was a staple part of the priveledged's staple daily diet. Good bio and well presented.

[@Jakemufcfan]

Lead pipes for water as well

[@unknown.1043]

If that turns out to not be a plausible possibility you can always turn to what the Christians say: that those unpleasant lot were plagued by demonic forces.

[@michaels4255]

First, madness is not one of the side effects of excessive lead exposure. If it were, Beethoven would have been kookoo for cocoa puffs. Second, Nero was not exposed to any more lead than many other Romans.

[@krokodilpil8335]

Reminds me Nero CD Burning software. Nero burns your CDs while you fiddle.

[@annescholey6546]

Duke of Bootleg!

[@Hiddenphanton17]

As much as I love Roman history and these videos about Ancient Rome are amazing. But I would love even more any videos on the Ancient Egyptian rulers

[@chadsknnr]

Good point!

[@shebbs1]

Good idea though how many actual facts are known is debatable.

[@anthonyfox585]

Robert Burkhart that's hard to say, Egyptians took deification of their rulers more seriously than any other civilization I know of, so writing something unflattering about a ruler was a potential death sentence and it also seems that Egyptians as a whole were mostly illiterate other than privileged upper class citizens who wouldn't have much reason to criticize the king anyways and if ever a king was hated and/or seen as a disgrace such as Akhenaten than the last thing that they would do is write about him because they believed that a person's​name was magic and that to speak of that person would give them power, they thought that the best thing to do in that situation was to destroy any trace of that person and to forget about them as this was seen as the ultimate damnation, that their soul would cease to exist

[@Suuki727]

Behold my talent and listen to the thunderous applause! Then praise me! Praise my Golden Theater! Laus St. Claudius! UMU!

[@Cereal_Killer007]

I like how you tell stories using just the facts and no biased opinions. Your re-tellings are always unbiased.

[@Tome13Eclipse]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Cereal_Killer007]

@@Tome13Eclipse Ya, after watching more of these I discovered slight biases every now and then

[@CaptainSebAviation]

Unbiased? He called Christianity a "cult".

[@epicm999]

@@CaptainSebAviation Wouldn't Christianity have been a small sect of Judaism at the time? I don't think calling it a cult when referring to this time period is a bad thing.

[@chick_nuggs9318]

@@epicm999 what a shining example of ignorance. You know nothing of history if you believe that

[@rodanzig]

I guess today he would be convinced he was the greatest youtuber that ever lived .

[@elabosak4135]

Nero having a KZbin channel is not something I want to imagine

[@chadsknnr]

Simon's not THAT bad . . . .

[@waringaw.m6350]

@@chadsknnr he meant Nero...

[@chadsknnr]

@@waringaw.m6350 thx for stepping all over my punchline, guy . . . .

[@RankinMsP]

Simon: "Neto was deranged but..." Me: But? There's a but? What could justify such madness? Simon: "Trouble teenager" Me: Eff that!

[@wadearnold7863]

I think Sporus must be an interesting character. To go from a young boy to being dressed as the empress, or being the empress, for that old Nero. Damn...

[@gandalf_thegrey]

I mean he literally got Empress. But that whole ordeal, his whole life... He paid to much for that.

[@GraceKugrena]

Simon, I'm convinced that your videos should be shown in all history classes. Brilliant this was!

[@hellothere9167]

The tortures he did was severely inhumane

[@alexanderveritas]

*Yeah, and you can definetly say that Claudius had it coming to him.* *_Morale of the story: never let others abuse your kindness, because if you do, then they most certaintly will._*

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

Such was life for Uncle Claudius

[@agentstarkk]

17:37 Ahh you specifically mention Seneca, as if indicating a future bio. * fingers crossed! *

[@bushmanPMRR]

That Agrippina certainly had an, ahem, interesting life!

[@luckyspurs]

"Did you know, some Roman Emperors killed their child relatives" "Yeah, well Nero kicked his pregnant wife in the womb" "Blimey"

[@MissCaraMint]

The historian Tacitus (who hated Nero btw so no reason he would write good things about him), thought this was absolutely ridiculous and a baseless accusation, and there seem to have been rumours that Poppaea was poisoned.

[@zakiahmed6655]

holy moly

[@freestyla85]

@שָׁחוֹר יֵשׁוּעַ alot of nero's history we have today was written 50-150 years after his death by the senatorial class who opposed him. And the different authors contradict themselves on many events. So take these wild perverse stories with a grain of salt and as attempts to stain his legacy. You have to remember he reigned for 14 years which is a very long time for an emperor who is considered one of the worst ever. Most bad emperors in Rome's history did not last this long in power

[@zakiahmed6655]

@שָׁחוֹר יֵשׁוּעַ but he might have not been as bad as they described

[@zakiahmed6655]

@שָׁחוֹר יֵשׁוּעַ yeah it's tough times out here

[@rdpqueen6498]

Long ass video ...LOL. I'm a big fan Simon and now i'm hooked on watching all your videos and history. Keep up the good work.

[@Biographics]

So so long :). Thank you.

[@Koopa3000]

Fact of the Day: Nero means Genius in finnish.

[@annescholey6546]

A psychotic white caterpillar

[@paradisecityX0]

And Black in Latin

[@olleani]

@@paradisecityX0 no that's Italian , black in Latin is Niger, the name Nero derived from the proto-italic word nēr, meaning man

[@emperornero2902]

*Based*

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@olleani Niger like the country or the slur?

[@taylorverrall118]

Simon I love that you're becoming more colorful and engaging with your narrations. It's great to see your channel moving forward and growing in such a great direction! You should do a video on yourself some time so we can learn about you.

[@corvus1374]

Poor Sporus was later forced to play Poppea again, as the "wife" of the Emperor Otho, who had been the real Poppea's first husband.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

What a terrible life

[@zakiahmed6655]

poor kid i really genuinely feel sorry for the boy

[@emilycupcakegirl367]

He was only 13😭

[@katherinetutschek4757]

😞😞😞😞😞

[@KickingTeeRugby]

Those emperors are gonna ROT in hell and I will be laughing at them , not out of hate but because of joy seeing their pain and torture

[@jerricosagala2904]

Being an emperor is like singing a death warrant. Your premature demise becomes certain

[@MJBM-h4u]

Unless your name is Augustus.

[@LundenVagrant]

Simon Whistler saying "get your ass whipped" kinda just made my day.

[@abes3925]

Most historians state that Nero bad reputation is extremely exaggerated since the only sources we have of his rule comes from those who overthrew him so of course they're going to tarnish his name as a way to justify overthrowing him. Its like when you like a girl but she's in a bad relationship but doesn't want breakup so you tell her that he probably cheating, he don't love you, he using you, hes banging you're best friend, ect.

[@annesalyer6214]

I have fallen in love with this channel.

[@chrism1190]

Great examination of Nero's life and deeds. I appreciate many of these because you take into account that the historical "facts" may not always be so factual.

[@eci.1]

A rather simple crack to spot in the “fiddled as Rome burned” tale is that the fiddle was not invented until the early seventeenth century.

[@Jtworthy1]

I remember when watching a 25 min video without ads was common and not something to be "wowed" by

[@ExcenGaming]

I've been waiting for this one since the Caligula video. The wait was well worth it!

[@carmenplangger9417]

"The wait ... ... It was well worth it."

[@bradbradleys6091]

Well worth it the wait is

[@adityasanthanam1945]

Artist Nero certainly loved getting red paint on his hands.

[@kingsosa8671]

20:56 is the funniest part of this video because imagine being Galba and hearing that news lmaooo

[@kennyhagan5781]

One of the best presentations of Nero's story that I have ever seen. The team that produced this worked very hard and I appreciate their efforts. I've read some of the old histories and can't fault this excellent video.

[@MJBM-h4u]

Also to be able to condense it.

[@maharbalx]

I've read a bit different story about Nero presented here but ok. Fun fact is that many other Roman emperors killed a lot more Christians than Nero did and they are not known as "psychopath murderers": for example - enlightened and refined emperor Marcus Aurelius. Roman historians later in time (50 years and more) did a fine job slandering Nero's name. But one thing is correct: he was very very popular and loved among ordinary people.

[@luckyspurs]

Bit like how Elizabeth I and Henry VIII were more bloody than Mary I, but both died Protestant.

[@river6969us]

The only historian that reports. M. Aurelius persecuted Christians was Eusebius (writing 150 years after). His *Church History* is a chronicle of miracles performed by martyrs more than a reliable source of imperial policy.

[@hypnotoad311]

I feel like aliens keep trying to reveal themselves to us but every time they show up they see ish like Nero and they’re like, “You know, they really don’t seem to be doing well. Maybe we’ll come back in 5,000 years.”

[@lexical450]

This is the most gruesome stomach turning tales of an emperror i've ever heard, seems like Outlast took some pages out of Neros book.

[@augustortiz]

Poor Sporus, truly the unluckiest man of all time.

[@narsil1984]

I appreciate the nuance, this is certainly the version of Nero that is supported by the sources as we have them. I havent looked into the subject in a while but I remember from uni days that there is a pretty good chance that even the bad sides here mentioned may have been exagerated quite a bit. It is telling that outside of the elites and Rome itself, Nero was liked, even admired in the provinces as was stated here. The sources we have on emperors like Nero are mostly from the roman elites themselves though, usually after his death, often by the senate or successors or those that are favoured by said successors. Is it possible therefore that the city planning, innocent of fire, provinces beloved and overall well ruling emperor was given a bad reputation by stories added to his personal life of extreme cruelty and perversion, as isnt totally uncommon for emperors that took a bad end? It isnt implausible at least. Lavish lifestyles, taxes that exasperate provincial elites and killings of members of odd sects that refuse official doctrines also dont seem that out of place with the majority of roman emperors. If I may be a bit facetious for a bit, those pesky monotheists must've seemed rather unpleasant to polytheist regimes where the leader's authority was justified by descent from deities.

[@Doomzdeh]

I keep hearing this fairy tale that Nero could not have done most of the things reported because the common folk liked him. This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of Rome. People in the provinces typically didn’t know much about the Emperor himself and judged him based on things like economic conditions, stability, and military victories. Nero’s penchant for entertainment and his funding of such ventures endeared him to the common folk, who didn’t have to put up with his crazy behavior nearly as much as nobles did. It’s quite telling that Roman nobles put up with quite a lot from previous Emperors. They accepted the pedophiliac and cruel Tiberius, the insane and vengeful Caligula, and the antithesis to Roman masculinity Claudius. The fact that every single Roman noble alive hated Nero’s guts kinda shows you what he was really like. We have no legitimate reason to deny or doubt the reports of his behavior besides “people disliked him so they may have lied”. I think I’ll trust Tacitus, one of the most credible and renowned men of his time, over some vague doubts because nobody liked Nero.