NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS GERMANICUS MADDIE, RACHEL, TESSA

INTRO

•  He was an emperor of Rome for ____years. (______-68AD)

•  Nero was born _______ and committed suicide in _______.

•  Nero was a notoriously cruel emperor and would be _____known throughout history.

EARLY YEARS

•  Nero's father died when he was two.

•  When he was ___, Nero was adopted by his great uncle ____________. Claudius was the emperor at the time. This was in 50 AD.

•  Nero's mother married Claudius and he __________ him. A wedding between Nero and the emperor's daughter Octavia was arranged.

•  In 54 AD, when Nero was ___, Claudius was killed by his wife. Nero then took the throne.

EARLY YEARS AS EMPEROR

•  Nero's first years of his reign were considered ______________, even though he wasn't the one pulling the strings.

•  He enjoyed _______, music, art, and horse racing.

HIS MOTHER'S INFLUENCE

•  Nero's mother tried to _________ his decisions and ideas as emperor.

•  His mother stopped supporting him when he rebuked her. She started supporting Claudius' son ,____________.

•  Nero then ___________ her. He had her executed in 59 AD.

NERO'S MARRIAGES

•  Nero had an arranged marriage to Octavia, Claudius' daughter, formed by his mother in ______.

•  He had an ______ with a former slave named Claudia Acte and lived with her while married.

•  Between 58 and 62 AD, he divorced and remarried Poppaea _________ against his mother's will.

FIRE BURNS ROME

•  In ____ AD there was a great fire of Rome.

•  The fire started on the night of July 18th and lasted ten days.

•  Nero blamed the ______ fire on Christians.

•  Nero ______ even in Rome when it happened.

PLAN TO KILL NERO

•  Eventually there was a rebellion lead by Gaius Julius ________ to try to kill Nero.

•  His public image became that of an ________.

•  Nero heard about this and _____ to flee.

NERO'S DEATH •  Nero fled after hearing about a plot to kill him.

•  His officers no longer supported him.

•  His secretary assisted him with a ________.

RECAP

•  Nero was a _____ emperor in the start but after five years he became cruel and ___________ to the Roman people.

•  He had ________ lovers.

•  He was not the cause of the fire of Rome and blamed the __________ for it. Leading to their persecution.

•  Nero was overthrown in the end by his own people, bringing an end to the Julio-Claudius ________.

FACTS

•  Nero, not trusting his ___________ Guard to carry out the _______ of his mother, ordered naval troops to sink a boat that she would be sailing on.

•  The first attempt failed because his mother was _____ to swim to shore.

•  Nero them ordered his troops to do the job directly.

PHRASES LATIN & ENGLISH TRANSLATION

•  ________ nescire literas - I _____ I could not write ( illiterate )

•  Qualis _______ pereo - What an artist dies in me! (Supposed famous last words)

•  Occulta talento _____________ non prodest quicoquam - Hidden ________ counts for nothing

CITIES

•  Nero was born in _______, Italy.

•  He died in Rome, _____.

SOURCES

•  livescience.com

•  biography.com

•  roman-empire.net

•  ancient.eu

•  britannica.com

•  eyewitnesstohistory.com