old. Caligula‚ his uncle and the current emperor of Rome‚ stole the money he should have inherited‚ exiled his mother‚ Agrippina the Younger‚ and sent him off to live with his aunt‚ Domitia Lepida. Domitia Lepida had Nero stay in poverty‚ with a dancer and barber as friends and tutors
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Her own son‚ Nero had her killed. “Agrippina in her eagerness to retain her influence went so far that more than once at midday‚ when Nero‚ even at that hour‚ was flushed with wine and feasting‚ she presented herself attractively attired to her half intoxicated son and offered him her person” The relationship between Agrippina and her son was border-line incest. According to Suetonius‚ Nero had tried to kill his mother numerous times:
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1.0 Historical Background of Nero Emperor Nero was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in Rome. Nero was actually born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus‚ son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger in December AD37. Nero’s father was employed as a praetor and a staff member of Emperor Caligula‚ and was charged with murder‚ cheating‚ treason‚ adultery and incest by the previous emperor‚ Emperor Tiberius. Succeeding this is Emperor Caligula‚ but upon Nero’s father’s death in
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background Suetonius was born in Africa c.ad70 into a wealthy equestrian family. He trained as an orator (the usual education for an aspiring politician) and was an expert in rhetoric. He became a close friend and client of the Senator Pliny the Younger‚ who described him as ‘quiet and studious‚ a man dedicated to writing’‚ and ‘a man of the highest honesty and achievement’. Pliny introduced him to the Emperor Trajan‚ and Suetonius got jobs in the government as: • State Librarian – which would
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AGRIPPINA’S ROLE DURING THE REIGN OF NERO- Agrippina was the mother of the Emperor Nero. Her influence on politics and her ambition dates back to his birth and spans till the time her powers began to decrease‚ and eventual assassination in 59 AD. Nero was 17 at the time he succeeded Claudius. In the early years of his reign‚ Agrippina held great influence over her son and political affairs. However her downfall began in his inaugural address‚ when she was indirectly denounced by Nero‚ who later
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that Agrippina‚ Nero’s mother‚ poisoned Claudius. What isn’t known is how much that Nero knew or got involved in with his death. At the age of 16‚ Nero became emperor of Rome‚ this was the youngest up until that
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During the first three hundred years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus
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father Gnaeus passed away‚ so his mother Agrippina married Nero’s uncle‚ Emperor Claudius (E.B. 606). Overtime‚ she persuaded Claudius to marry his thirteen year old daughter Octavia to Nero and declare him the rightful heir to the throne instead of his own son Britannicus (E.B. 606). Claudius agreed to marry Nero and Octavia‚ but when he changed his mind about crowning him‚ Agrippina had Claudius poisoned (E.B. 606). With Claudius out of the way‚ Agrippina immediately had Nero declared emperor by
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SejanusLucius Aelius Sejanus (20 BC – October 18‚ AD 31)‚ commonly known as Sejanus‚ was an ambitious soldier‚ friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. An equestrian by birth‚ Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard‚ known as the Praetorian Guard‚ of which he was commander from AD 14 until his death in AD 31.While the Praetorian Guard was formally established under Emperor Augustus‚ Sejanus introduced a number of reforms which saw the unit evolve beyond a mere
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support and further the cause of the patron‚ often giving them gifts. The system of patronage was particularly important for noble families of Rome‚ and as can be seen by Agrippina‚ the women of the imperial household could exert their influence as patrons. Throughout the reign of Claudius‚ and in the early years of her sons reign‚ Agrippina placed some of her clients into key positions. In AD49 used her influence with Claudius to have Seneca recalled from exile and give position as Praetor. She helped
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