Talk:Emperor Nero/Origin/@comment-71.178.183.111-20130824030927

Nero was most famous for his dramatic flair. He murdered the young Brittanicus and later his own mother, who orchestrated his rise to power. When the soldiers arrived she reportedly ask them to stab her stomach, which birthed such a tyrant. During his reign, Nero tortured Christians in the colliseum, while pursuing his acting career (acting, to Romans, as seedy asprostitution). He famously sang a mournful ballad as Rome burned.