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Also Known As	Ahenobarbus, Lucius Domitius • Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus • Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus • Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Born	December 15, 37 • Anzio • Italy
Died	June 9, 68 (aged 30) • Rome • Italy
Title / Office	emperor (54-68), Roman Empire
Notable Family Members	mother Julia Agrippina

Nero's death ended the almost 100-year rule of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Nero rode a chariot in the Greek Olympic games.
The legend that Nero fiddled during the 64 CE fire in Rome is false because bowed stringed instruments would not reach Europe for almost another millennia.