What was the cause of Roman Emperor Neros death?
Nero was a Roman Emperor who came to power at a very early age. His mother helped him poison the previous emperor and he seemed to get a taste of poisoning people. He eventually killed his own mother. He also killed relatives and anybody who was eyeing his power, and even people that he simply didn’t like. He wanted to be known as a great man of the arts and he considered himself a great actor. When we hear the phrase “Nero was fiddling while Rome burned”, he was actually a number of miles away performing on stage. Even when he performed, he didn’t allow anyone to make a sound. You couldn’t cough while he was performing and you could definitely not leave, such that women were known to give birth under the benches as opposed to escape the wrath of Nero. Eventually, they had enough of this and the senate found an opportunity to get rid of him and they ordered for his execution. He fled Rome but he left his magic bag of poison behind, and he actually ordered his servant to slit his own th
