Born: AD37/12/15 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, in Antium, at sunrise.
Father: Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia [the elder].
Mother: Agrippina [Minor], daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina [Major].
Emperor: AD54/10/13 Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
Died: AD68/06/09 comitted suicide with help of his secretary Epaphroditus, at the villa of Phaon.
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- c.AD40 death of father, Gn. Domitius Ahenobarbus
- c.AD40 mother Agrippina exiled by her brother Caligula
- AD49 Agrippina marries Claudius
- AD50 adopted by Claudius, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
- AD51 named heir-apparent by Claudius
- AD53 married wife1 Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina
- AD54/10/13 Claudius dies, poisoned by dish of mushrooms; Nero hailed as imperator I
- AD54/12/04 Tribunicia Potestas I, renewed annually thereafter on Oct. 13
- AD55 consul I; added titles 'Pontifex Maximus' and 'Pater Patriae'
- AD55/02/11 stepbrother Britannicus poisoned at dinner
- AD55 (early) expelled his mother Agrippina from imperial palace
- AD56 imperator II
- AD57 consul II; imperator III-IV
- AD58 consul III; imperator V-VI
- AD58 Armenian capital Artaxata captured
- AD58 developed passion for Poppaea Sabina, then married to M. Otho, who was soon appointed governor of Lusitania
- AD59 imperator VII
- AD59 (Mar.) Agrippina murdered by Nero's soldiers
- AD60 consul IV
- AD60 Boudicca revolts in Britain
- AD61 Boudicca defeated
- AD61 imperator VIII-IX
- AD62 divorced Octavia on the grounds of barrenness
- AD62 married wife2, Poppaea Sabina
- AD62 Octavia sent to Campania and later banished to Pandateria on a false adultery charge
- AD62 (late) Octavia executed, her head sent to Rome for Poppaea's pleasure
- AD62 death of Afranius Burrus, praetorian commander; replaced by Ofonius Tigelliunus
- AD63/01/21 daughter Claudia Augusta born, died after 4 months
- AD64 imperator X
- AD64/07/19 great fire of Rome breaks out near Circus Maximus and damages 10 of Rome's 14 districts
- AD64 made public debut with lyre, in Naples, show stopped by earthquake
- AD65 (summer) kicked wife Poppaea Sabina to death whilst pregnant with second child
- AD65 performs publicly in Rome, as Niobe
- AD65/04/12-19 Circensian Games, scene of Pisonian conspiracy, which ended with 19 executions, including Seneca, and 13 exiles
- AD66 imperator XI
- AD66 married wife3, Statilia Messalina, after her husband, Atticus Vestinus was murdered
- AD66 (summer) took prefix title imperator, after investment of Tiridates, Imp. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- AD66 (late) takes the boy Sporus as lover because of his resemblance to Poppaea
- AD66 second conspiracy unmasked, implicating general Gn. Domitius Corbulo, whilst Nero was travelling to Greece
- AD67 imperator XII-XIII; competed at Greek festivals
- AD68 consul V
- AD68 (Mar.) revolt of Vindex
- AD68/06/09 suicides at Rome
Lover: Claudia Acte, freedwoman; Lover?/Confidante: M. Salvius Otho; Confidante: Claudius Senecio, son of former imperial slave.
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