Tyrant or Superstar? | The Life & Times of Nero

Watch your backs and the water in your wine, our road has led us back to Rome! Nero Claudius Caesar often gets a bad rap as one of the worst emperors, whether a madman or a tyrant. To be sure, he was an awful human being, he killed his mother Agrippina, his tutor Seneca, his cousin Britannicus, and many, many more. But as far as emperors go, he was pretty decent, despite coming to power as a teenager. So how bad was he really?
Special thanks to Knowing Better for making sure I don't steal his bit. He's made a few videos putting idolized and infamous figures into historical context, see here: • In Defense of Columbus...
Footnotes:
0:41 She was actually his first cousin once removed, but who's counting?
1:04 Specifically Claudius' wife Messalina accused him of having an affair with Julia Livilla, Claudius' other sister, but my Roman history professor phrased it as “Caligula's sisters” so I went with it. In any case, the accusations are somewhat dubious.
2:38 According to Tacitus she made it back to her own country home, though he also describes a bunch of onlookers at the beach. It probably makes more sense than I suggest it does and I just didn't follow along properly.
2:54 Basically there were a bunch of people temporarily adopting children to win political offices and then immediately un-adopting them. This was actually later in Nero's reign, but serves the point that he wasn't all bad.
2:57 Some of his other benevolent acts include de-escalating police presence in the city of Rome, fighting gubernatorial abuse, and a decreased focus on conquest.
3:17 Actually, this was done mostly by preventing people from tapping out too much water from aqueducts before it reached the city, but that's harder to convey in a single image over two seconds.
3:19 Basically he said “All buildings shall have a no-touch zone in between them” so as to slow new fires
3:20 In fact, he wasn't even in Rome when the fire happened, but in Antium (today Anzio).
3:32 In addition to the other things mentioned, he was a fanatic musician and charioteer. In the Olympics, he won a chariot race despite being thrown out of the chariot and never finishing. The judge's reasoning? If he had finished, he would have placed first.
3:52 Caligula might not have done this, or if he did, it could have been satirical. However, it is safe to say that Nero didn't appoint any equine senators.
4:23 I think I'm remembering Piso's ancestry from my Roman history class, but haven't been able to find sources to back this up. If you've got any, I'd love to see them.
4:56 You might notice some faces in here whose deaths weren't mentioned. Poppaea Sabina, Nero's second wife, was stomped in the uterus while carrying Nero's child. Corbulo became too popular for his own good and his son-in-law had already tried to overthrow the emperor.
5:10 Before Nero decided he needed someone else to kill him, he tried to bolster his confidence by making another freedman kill himself as an example.
5:30 Some people thought he'd faked his death, but after that there was a rumor he'd be reborn. On a few occasions, people actually claimed to be his reincarnation in order to lead rebellions.
Music (in order of appearance):
Kevin Macleod - Evening of Chaos
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Kevin Macleod - Teddy Bear Waltz
Gino Finocchiaro - Tra Veglia E Sonno
Avatar: The Last Airbender Main Theme
Kevin Macleod - Crinoline Dreams
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[@JackRackam]

As always, fun facts and footnotes in the description. Special thanks to Knowing Better for making an appearance in this video, you can find his channel at kzbin.info

[@ryanjapan3113]

Jack Rackam lucky he stopped doing history and started doing politics

[@cheng3580]

@@ryanjapan3113 he still does history.

[@raymundoserna3449]

i like the jojo reference

[@QuynhLe-hm2ed]

P

[@Violent2aShadow]

Can you imagine Nero's reaction if he found out that the Christians have a city of their own in the center of Rome?

[@AtaMarKat]

“Claudius died under suspicious circumstances” But that was life for Uncle Claudius

[@xavierdurocher1534]

Such was life for uncle Claudius

[@Drewski-hw1yi]

I like how everyone just instinctively calls him Uncle Claudius now.

[@hedgehog3180]

Should probably be mentioned that being the last Julio-Claudian kinda matters a lot. It's probably why he was painted in such a bad light because that helped legitimize the succeeding Flavian dynasty. The Romans didn't have a concept like Mandate of Heaven but they did like to paint the last member of a dynasty in a bad light to justify someone else gaining imperial power and also try to have some cosmic justice to the fall of that dynasty. With Nero the historians didn't have to work that hard but with the last Flavian you really see them struggling because by all accounts he was a good man.

[@vespasianflaviustheemperor7901]

It's all about the spin baby.

[@GerryBolger]

Domition is one of Rome's most underrated Emperors. He pissed off the Senate (rightly in my opinion) so his memory was going to be damned anyway.. Fuck the Senate....

[@yunleung2631]

@@GerryBolger apparently the empire had never run more smoothly than it ya Dundee Domitian. Petty senators denied their chance to leech off the system :)

[@GoetzimRegen]

the jewish revolt was all about the throne of rome, after a hypotheses from ralf eliis. if nero had suceeded with his plans, the roman empire would look more like the chinese empire. so with the flavian dynisty, it was more like an middle eastern thing.

[@charleswilson4526]

If one thing you need to take in consideration, it’s that senatorial writings always have a slant.. loved by senate = swell guy ... hated by senate = bastard man... it’s like if Mitch McConnell wrote about Obama and that’s what people go on from 1000 years from now

[@CSLucasEpic]

Nero: "I want to be an actor." Nero's mom: "No! You are going to be a politician! And you are going to like it!"

[@lewism1995]

Nero's Officer: Is it so dreadful a thing then to die? Nero: *iS It sO dREaDfuL A tHInG tHeN tO DiE??*

[@_extrathicc]

You forgot to mention Nero actually was a 2D anime girl.

[@optillian4182]

*_P A D O R U P A D O R U_*

[@elijakiger]

I refuse to believe that her wearing a wedding dress gives her another star

[@jeannecaelum5167]

@@elijakiger now that you say it...wow (yes Karna best Lancer good taste)

[@alqu6375]

I prefer the Romulan miner turned time traveling terrorist. Uh, not in a waifu way, I mean a reference kinda way... >_>

[@pancake1781]

*U M U*

[@IWillNeverMakeVideos]

Nero played a Lyre as the Fiddle wasn't invented until the 10th century. Still a good video though

[@JackRackam]

Yeah, it's just trickier to animate someone playing a lyre, so I took a little liberty

[@horacegentleman3296]

If you're gonna be like that...don't think he was killed with a glock either lol

[@emperorbartu2414]

He also wasn't shot in the head

[@freakrx2349]

Deflated Church I think Nero “playing the fiddle” is actually a euphemism for “Nero playing with his package downstairs”

[@CanalTremocos]

Nero was actually an avid bagpipes player.

[@TheObiareus]

Long ago, the Julians and the Claudians lived together in harmony, then everything changed when the Claudians went insane. Only Nero, a descendant of both halves of the dynasty, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he went insane.

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

The decadency back then was rather humble, compared to the amount of money plutocratic bankers of today play with

[@theawesomeman9821]

Sounds like Avatar Kyoshi

[@Petepeatpeet]

“He can’t run to the East because his officers started quoting Virgil at him instead of taking orders.” Haven’t we all been there

[@sandyhall8456]

Help these days...

[@comradecthulhu6052]

Nero’s Bizzare Adventure.

[@financialproblems9308]

*dies in t pose*

[@themartianway]

C A E S A R *! ! !*

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Ahem risottos bizarre Adventure

[@captainvalourous6668]

UMU

[@leotrace9158]

@@DioBrando-yk5up Ahem, *OI, JOSUKE* 's Bizarre Adventure.

[@TheKeksadler]

Little did the romans know that Nero's second coming would be in the form of a 2D anime girl. umu.

[@benp.865]

YES

[@Samm815]

Nero in Hell: so this is my legacy?

[@junbanner5772]

Hey. It does paint his legacy in a brighter picture. Considering how Red Saber potrays Nero at the height of his rule and popularity. Even if Red Saber's cruelty is still present in the form of Boudica's lore and the fact that we get repeatedly sent into gladiatorial battles to the death "because entertainment"...

[@theALTF4]

T Fck u talking about? a japanese cartoon of sorts?

[@masamoon1887]

Kinda. They talk about the fate franchise, a series of games manga or anime that resolves around the summoning of heroic spirits. Nero has been one of them

[@TheTyrantOfTyrus]

So assuming that the Imperial guards knew about the planned assassination, do you think they hanged around the edges of the ship and the lifeboats for the whole ride? I like the idea of some Roman maiden looking around and seeing like 10 legionaries next to the lifeboats with lifevests on.

[@dravendfr]

What happens if you give a neck beard all of the power.

[@OsirisLord]

Answer: hates Christians and makes his fanart an Olympic event.

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Nero is technically Caligula's nephew? That explains everything...

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Jon Goltz yes his mom was the sister of Caligula

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

The Julio-Claudian family tree is a complete mess He's also Mark Antony's great-grandson I think

[@scarymonster5541]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide WHAT!!!!??

[@emilyb7867]

@@scarymonster5541 yup Mark Anthony had a daughter with Augustus sister named Antonia minor, which was later married to Tiberius brother and bore Germanicus and Claudius. Germanicus then married Aggrippina the Elder, daughter of Julia (the only child of Augustus) and Agrippa. Together they had several childern most notably Caligula and Aggrippina the younger(nero s mom) So basically yeah, they all kinda related somehow.

[@scarymonster5541]

@@emilyb7867 uhhh the family tree is quite confusing huh

[@anuragshah6243]

Nero the last Julio-Claudian comes out when again?

[@michelsand5399]

2025

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar9907]

I mean, Trump is Nero... and Caligula is Baron... So now that cat is out of the Bag.

[@radalz3714]

DATMemeboi lol hasn’t that happened and we watched

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Nero = Il Ducce Mussolini

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

He came out as a 2d anime girl.

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

UMU

[@pmayo7894]

"YOWA TANOSHI!"

[@sol666]

can't believe red saber is a crazy gay roman yeti

[@kfp195sky5]

Not exactly, they are different. Red Saber Nero is the good personality and view of Nero while the Nero in History is a terrible person.

[@Rickuo]

@@kfp195sky5 Wait ... are you guys talking about FATE?

[@CaptainActually1]

She makes so much sense now.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

According to the historical record, Nero not only fed and housed refugees from the 64 AD fire, he personally commanded the firefighting and rescue efforts.

[@siddarth3955]

Yes i think he was hardcore anti christian otherwise was pretty rad

[@Irimu_]

@@siddarth3955 Some might say that that was also rad

[@quinnholloway5400]

@@Irimu_ that's because some people hate Christians because of the bad ones

[@Irimu_]

@@quinnholloway5400 I mean in his time being against the church was a pretty good thing since the church was you know... a pile of shit.

[@quinnholloway5400]

@@Irimu_ was this not before the catholic church? Cause if so Your saying the Christians deserved getting beaten by him when it wasn't even the peak of the church in the middle ages where they gained too much power and corrupt officials This is fucking Early Christianity Before the church had more power

[@sorayume582]

that wonderful, well placed, "Fight me Han Dynasty."

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

The 3 most iconic Nero in history King Nero Saber/Nero Claudius/UmU/PADORU PADORU Nero the dead weight

[@financialproblems9308]

*Red saber Regular saber is just artoria

[@SlapstickGenius23]

And in the Netherlands and Belgium, Nero the antihero by Marc Sleen.

[@RagnaCloud13]

Nero would be like while Rome burns: singing Jingle Bells in Japanese version while Rome burns. Singing Jingle Bells in Japanese version while Christians got martyred. Peter: Quo Vadis: Unworthy Cross

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

What the fuck even is this unholy abomination of a comment? Were you stoned when you posted this?

[@financialproblems9308]

The Crimson Fucker it’s a reference to the meme of the video game fate/grand order the premise is that your a mage and you get to summon historical figures as servants for you to use to fight the incineration of humanity In the game Nero Claudius is actually a summonable servant in the saber class but has been genderbent and made too look like King Arthur who is also gender bent Fate/grand order is the gacha game in the franchise and when I say franchise it’s basically Star Wars big with many other games and anime connected to the universe all with Fate/ in the name

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

@@financialproblems9308 I know what fate is, you absolute peasant, that comment is still a shit show.

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

Nero is a dubstep producer, so Japanese Jingle Bells dubstep remix?

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

Shut the fuck up

[@faiz5922]

*UMU intensifies*

[@JackRackam]

Speaking as someone who loves F/Z and has seen multiple Fate adaptations... I hate that that exists.

[@Samm815]

@@JackRackam That what exists? Best fate girl?

[@Samm815]

@@jsparrow115 I've learned not to trust MAL since the Reviewers fiasco.

[@inxendere]

@@Samm815 care to enlighten?

[@Samm815]

@@inxendere In short some youtuber (can't remeber his name but can see his face) and Lost Pause (Noble) told their subscribers to go reverse review bomb interspecies reviewers, as a joke. The MAL volunteer staff took offence to this.

[@pedrogabrielwriter]

The fact that the messenger yelled “Jesus!” when he saw Nero dead has such delicious layers of irony that I can’t even…

[@yunleung2631]

One got away!!

[@sandis7674]

too many weeb comments in this video

[@Sleepyhead156]

you normal people can't stop us

[@kfp195sky5]

What do you expect. If you see or know a very famous hero or figure in a world view, then it becomes a victim of being in a anime

[@shingofan]

Blame Type Moon

[@pablodonner5213]

Blame takeuchi and his obsession with gender flipping historical figures into cute girls

[@iloveanothermanswives4278]

Said the guy using Archer photo as his profile

[@Chickenbowser]

But what is Nero's Stand? I was really hoping you would answer that question in the video.

[@sweetescape51]

@@vlc-cosplayer isn't that Emporio's stand?

[@sweetescape51]

@@vlc-cosplayer that's a good one. And what will his (her) stand power be?

[@sweetescape51]

@@vlc-cosplayer that part 8-ish ability is really cool man! Never once something like that crossed my mind. Really chaotic!

[@lofiz2646]

Its Metallica obviously

[@bracketd_oom2033]

Firehouse. ?

[@HARVEE64]

Umu intensifies

[@MogofWar]

To be fair, Uncle Claudius had been shtupping Agrippina for YEARS before they tied the knot and might well have been the father of her kid from her previous marriage... Yeah Nero was screwed.

[@milascave2]

Some of the issues Nero had with his mom may have had something to do with the fact that she did the big incest no no thing with him when he was young. Yes, she had issues, but you can't totally blame her. He brother Caligula had done the same thing with her. The whole family had some issues. It was the three emperors in a row, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, that were the main cause of the decadence of Rome leading to it's fall. However, it did not. Rome fell three hundred years after it became Christian.

[@gauntlettcf5669]

@conan263 the vikings came way after Rome fell, dude. Christians from the later kingdoms after Rome coverted the vikings, even though they were the ones with the a stronger military power against the Christans.

[@gauntlettcf5669]

@conan263 yeah, that's what I said. They got converted. That doesn't mean they were forced to become Christians, that just means they abandoned their old gods and became Christians.

[@another90daystochangethis34]

And Rome fell because of them not yeeting Germanic, Iranian, and Central Asian nomads back to wherever they came from.

[@rayzas4885]

Eh I would say Rome fell more so due to the crisis of the third century then the 3 emperors.

[@Udontkno7]

More like a thousand. The Byzantine Empire was The Roman Empire. And it fell in 1453.

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

*HASHIRE SORI YO*

[@Sleepyhead156]

@Ivan Ricaña you messed it up *KAZE NO YO NI*

[@iMattGD7w7r]

*PADORU PADORU*

[@zerochan1913]

And now nero comes back as a 2d waifu

[@joffreybaratheon4904]

“Nero is so crazy that he spouts a neckbeard in public” I can image him walking up to a Roman woman and going, “M’lady”

[@shimaren2425]

The Fifth Emperor of Rome, Nero! Umu, truly one of my favourite -servants waifus- emperors!

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

-alternatively a disappointment/dead weight-

[@shimaren2425]

-Shhhh she’s pretty so im still gunning for her-

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@shimaren2425 what did you think which Nero was I referring to first of all???

[@onemoregodrejected9369]

Who else "Umu" this?

[@rpgjans7080]

*UMU!*

[@hyperchetnikmapping3401]

NUMU

[@michelsand5399]

Also, how exactly do you pick the next historical you do videos on?

[@JackRackam]

+casual scum Sometimes from comments, often I'll just pick a person or place/time period I want to know more about

[@michelsand5399]

Well then I might have a few: Otto von Bismarck, Peter the Great (Since you already did Carolus Rex), Oliver Cromwell, Charles V etc. Just a few suggestions that i thought might be interesting.

[@jonatanlj747]

Let's not forget about Sporus, the (unfortunate?) (boy?) that Nero decided to marry

[@stroopwafelfalafel]

I cant believe he didn't mention Sporus???

[@catto1003]

Just wanted to say..... UMU *UMU* Edit : IS THAT JOTARO'S HAT ?!?!?!

[@Toywins]

I swear, if I see ONE more person saying "FiDdleS weren't InVeNteD YEt!" Neither were guns, it's freaking jokes, people!! 🙄

[@Rodoet001]

@@StateholderofLunt The perfect crime!! Invent the gun and the fiddle, then lie about the fiddle so that nobody will believe the gun part! Oh that Nero, the absolute mad lad!!

[@Rodoet001]

@@StateholderofLunt Too late! I'm off to confuse archeologists and sow chaos among history teachers! All will know that it was the USSR that invented anime and that Nelson did in fact invent the airplane but hid the truth as he didn't believe mankind was ready to fly until the Wright brothers found his secret journal!!

[@redbird300011]

You and Sam O'nella on the same day? Amazing!

[@inxendere]

The horse talking instead of the guy riding it was a nice and funny touch

[@inxendere]

thank you daddy i literally love you and introduced you to my history teacher who also fell in love keep up the amazing work

[@BloodRider1914]

Holy shit, Piso (or at least the rendition) looks like my High School Latin teacher. I always knew he was up to something.

[@MisterTutor2010]

Eulogy of Nero: Caligula Was Worse :)

[@Animortar]

This was actually quite interesting to watch and you made it so hilarious as well. Also, i'm just glad i found something under the ocean of red sabers.

[@Trauson]

Yeah he came back after the centuries to save the world as a cute animu girl. UMU

[@TheAlmightyJello]

Nero wasn't a woman at his wedding, as far as I know. He did, however, marry a young boy and forced the _young boy_ to be the woman at the wedding, even having him dress as the empress for most of their marriage, which is were the confusion came from.

[@FancyJackKester]

Everyone knows that if you look at history from an unbiased place, Nero was a total Chad

[@JohnGalt916]

Was Nero the one who kicked his pregnant wife to death and then castrated a 15 year old boy who looks similar to her

[@JackRackam]

Yup, that was him

[@jasonbelstone3427]

Well, I see Nero was an enthusiast of the game of "put on a wig and play pretend."

[@Gustavozxd13]

Going to the comments thinking I was about to see a bunch of DMC references and it's just a bunch of fate fans, I want to die.

[@redjirachi1]

0:34-Ah, so the Julio-Claudian dynasty are the ancestors of Alabama

[@Cynicalhamptur]

Fun fact,if you search Nero online you would get a blonde japanese anime girl

[@simonschnedl]

The only Nero we need

[@based-dept5052]

You didnt mention that one time his wife died and nero found a boy who looked like his wife, so naturaly he orderd the boy castrated and made him pose as his wife in public.

[@flayer2528]

HOLY SHIT! IS THAT A FUCKING JOJO REFERENCE!?!?

[@cryptomaniac9435]

Hey the senate wants too talk things out, JESUS WHAT HAPPENED HERE 😂

[@benp.865]

I wonder if the fate Nero also had a giant naked statue of herself in her backyard

[@alexanderticonuwu7591]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@financialproblems9308]

I think it’s referenced in her summer versions np

[@degenerate3288]

Life and times of Jesus Christ

[@JackRackam]

I can only imagine that going well XD

[@michelsand5399]

Ali went t pretty well, it might be good to do these all as soon as possible.

[@jamestang1227]

So this carpenter just walks into a synagogue screaming at all the merchants telling them to stop trading. The nerve of some people.

[@JackRackam]

casual scum A saint or a pope is within the realm of possibility, but I'm going to avoid Jesus much like I'm going to avoid Muhammad. The only exception might be if I take a more theological approach, but I feel like there are enough interesting people throughout history that I don't need to be tackling any religious paragons just yet.

[@charliemaine9304]

Jack Rackam while a Jesus episode would be fun, that will probably result in unnecessary shit-flinging. Probably just stick with historical people with no/smaller relevance in religion.

[@CaptainActually1]

Saber from Fate: Extra makes so more sense now.

[@KoneSkirata]

When you and your actions are so iconic that 2000 years later some nerds name a program after you that burns tiny fractures into tiny circular disks.

[@studiosnch]

I only know Nero as this character who always says "UMU" and sings "Padoru padoru".

[@brandonlinnane9830]

Umu

[@Serpico_Digg]

Why does nero look like Zuckerberg lol

[@idk-ch7hj]

because you’re blind?

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

*_Umu…_*

[@xeixi3789]

WAS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE???

[@romanrepublic1356]

No avatar.

[@Tamaki742]

@@romanrepublic1356 No, rewind the video.

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Tamaki742 LET THE JOY OF LOVE GIVE YOU COURAGE

[@edrisroblesprado4313]

UMU :V

[@cptkilgore]

Dude, you videos on history are nothing short of fantastic! Your blend of comedy and storytelling make these people and places in history fascinating and easy to remember. I'm subscribing!

[@eget4144]

He would burn records of his existence if knew he would turn in to boobyfull 2D anime waifu.

[@Soitisisit]

Given the shit Nero got up to, it's actually quite possible he'd take the situation quite well.

[@mrbilter83]

0:13 ok u got yourself a sub

[@abhigyakoirala6075]

After hours of umu and padoru padoru, finally I found sth to write about Nero in my assignment

[@o7016-c7i]

so is caligula's video next on the to do list?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

The story of Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned was an invention of anti-imperial propaganda. The fiddle haddent been invented yet.

[@merrittanimation7721]

My Art History professor once joked that Nero liked Christians Extra Crispy.

[@josephhanicak7922]

Nero didn't fiddle while time burned, the fiddle didn't exist yet, and he was in a neighboring city and when he heard the news he rushed to help the fire brigade.

[@whendidiask7991]

0:12 is that a JoJos reference?

[@ForelliBoy]

does it make it any less weird when roman nobles considered adoptive relatives as good as blood relations

[@arx3516]

Adopting a competent young lad to further the effectiveley lead your family and ibcrease irs piwer makes much more sense than putting your idiot biological kid in charge.

[@el6292]

Hashire sori yo Kaze no you ni Tsukimihara wo *PADORU* *PADORU*

[@el6292]

*UMU*

[@papachrist200]

Didn’t even mention Sporus smh

[@johnanth]

AARGH A NEW JACK RACKHAM VIDEO I'M GONNA NUT!

[@o7016-c7i]

-nuts-

[@michaelmoore4043]

H

[@cheeseburger6274]

Arghhhh me too..... I feel lonely now

[@colbycraddock424]

Man you didn’t mention that boy he married

[@maccoat]

Shocked you didn't talk about Sprous.

[@1337speakcow]

I'm sorry but with the Jotaro hat bit, you really missed a chance to use Risotto NERO's stupid jingle jangle hat from the same series.

[@JackRackam]

You raise an excellent point - alas, I am a fake Jojo fan

[@ghostagent3552]

Fate fans: So the scriptures were true

[@14.huanle60]

UMU

[@jun-hs4eo]

You forgot the part where Sporus’ life goes downhill because of the one and only Nero

[@yunleung2631]

Got raped by multiple emperors. lol.

[@jun-hs4eo]

@@yunleung2631 that isn’t really funny :/

[@yunleung2631]

@@jun-hs4eo It's funny in the sense why the fuck did the other emperors even take Sporous? For legitimacy? A castrated boy as wife... wtf is wrong with this period in roman history?

[@jasonbelstone3427]

@@yunleung2631 Thats just.... the most screwed up way to establish legitimacy.

[@cactusmann5542]

0:14 ive seen that ship....

[@Xalerdane]

Also, wasn't Rome on fire, like, every other week?

[@mavikartal7775]

Kim Jong Un is modern day Nero. So yeah, he returned alright

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

0:44 Such was death for Uncle Claudius

[@ChristosGoulios]

God bless you

[@rDnhey]

Best history channel on youtube! Much love from Italy

[@FeindrplaysMC]

Shld have mentioned how he castrated a boy and married him

[@abdurrahmanf.a.5624]

Hashire Soriyo Kaze no Youni Tsukimihara wo . . .

[@abdurrahmanf.a.5624]

Padoru Padoru

[@neroclaudius7284]

I prefer Superstar.

[@kelnhide]

Good thing that Nero isn’t power hungry like historical Nero

[@Gigas0101]

Nobody would've got it, but the last joke should've been Elder Rome 3: Nerovarine.

[@JackRackam]

Wealth beyond measure, outlander

[@cantfindyourboy505]

there's a lot of Fate weebs here umu

[@chopin65]

The evidence that Nero played the cithara and sang while Rome burned is from third hand accounts (rumors to discredit him by angry senators some 30 40 years after Nero was dead). By the way he wasn't in Rome at the time of the fire, but rushed back on hearing of it.

[@gilgabro420]

The ugliest beard in human history

[@PlushieMistress]

UMU

[@pyaephyozan225]

Liz sucks Carmilla is better

[@archsteel7]

Funny thing, part of why the Christians were blamed is because they were actually known for starting fires at the time. Specifically, dumping burning pitch into the underground worshipping halls of a rival cult. So, it's actually totally feasible they *did* start the fire and the rest was coincidental.

[@Borderose]

The Abrahamics: Sowing social discord since 40 AD.

[@joellaz9836]

Archsteel I mean the Roman historian Tacitus, who didn’t like Christians himself, said Christian weren’t the ones who started the fire and that Nero only used them as scapegoats.

[@gauntlettcf5669]

Deciding to use the burned areas where the houses of the people were to build your giga-palace isn't gonna fly well either way at the end of the day. Even before the Christians started accusing him for accusing them unjustly, people were still angry at him for this. He may have been a "good guy" (debatable) and all, but what he did was still stupid beyond imagination. Placing your new villa in place of the burned down blocks where most of the population used to live is gonna make you look like you were the one who burned them on purpose no matter what you did for the surviviors. Stupid move. And accusing some random minority for the "crime" (although it was extremely possible it was no crime at all, since random and violent fires were extremely common in the old Rome, which was a mess of a city) isn't gonna look good on you either, since lots of them died in the fire too and it was easy to see how this version of the events was a lie, at the time. So yeah, in my opinion he deserved what he got. Being the emperor, you should know better than both of those things. He was a jackass at best, far from a "great" emperor.

[@aisha5156]

Love the atla ending.

[@birgaripadam7112]

Wait is that horse just speak😲😲😲😲