Nero: The Artist and the Fire. He ordered public games to be held every five years in Rome and trained as an athlete himself, competing as a charioteer. His most lasting artistic legacy, though, was his re-creation of Rome following the fire that destroyed most of the city. Nero was Roman emperor from 54 to 68 CE. Emperor Nero was the last of the Julio-Claudians to rule the Roman Empire.His fourteen-year reign represents everything decadent about that period in Roman history. He was self-indulgent, cruel and violent as well as a cross-dressing exhibitionist.
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