Tuesday Documentary
I Caesar: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Nero: The Power and the Madness
ChannelTV One
Date BroadcastTuesday 20 April 1999
Start Time20 : 00
Finish Time21 : 00
Duration60:00
Episode3
He was seventeen when he took the throne, and during his capricious, fourteen-year rule, Nero almost brought the Empire to ruin. He was unable to quell rebellions and he had many political enemies killed. Eventually, the army rose up against him, the Senate declared him a public enemy and he committed suicide in disgrace.
He was seventeen when he took the throne, and during his capricious, fourteen-year rule, Nero almost brought the Empire to ruin. He was unable to quell rebellions and he had many political enemies killed. Eventually, the army rose up against him, the Senate declared him a public enemy and he committed suicide in disgrace.