HIST 1061 Chapter 4: Nero by Suetonius
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Nero (cid:449)as bor(cid:374) (cid:1013) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths after tiberius" death. Nero"s father died at the age of 3 a(cid:374)d he (cid:449)illed his e(cid:374)tire estate to hi(cid:373). Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, agrippi(cid:374)a"s (cid:894)agrippi(cid:374)a is nero"s (cid:373)other(cid:895) brother gaius took everything instead and banished her. However, when claudius was named emperor, the estate (cid:449)as restored to nero. Claudius" (cid:449)ife messali(cid:374)a sa(cid:449) nero as a threat to take the thro(cid:374)e from her son britannicus and sent assassins to kill him while he slept. They fled the scene because a snake attacked them: at age 10, claudius adopted nero and appointed senator annaeus seneca to be his tutor. (cid:1012). At age 1(cid:1011), nero"s adopted father a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)peror claudius died. He (cid:449)as (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed e(cid:373)peror by nightfall: nero gave claudius an extravagant funeral in which he deifies him, nero promised to model his rule after augustus and tried to show how merciful he was.
