Who Was The Real Emperor Nero? | Tony Robinson's Romans: Nero | Timeline

Tony Robinson's Romans series continues as he examines the life of Nero.

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[martalefave]

I just love Tony Robinson. He brings you back in time and actually makes you feel as if you are actually there. Amazing talent.

[brianfalarski]

This guy is one of the best narrators in the world Beyond just a narrator

[gabe-poyi]

Nero entered 1, 800 artistic performance competitions and won...1, 800. What a talent! I’m sure he won them fair and square…

[bilindalaw-morley]

Agrippina had a sixteen year old son, and thought he would do as she said? Ha!!

[palanthis]

"Fiddled" was never a reference to a violin in this story. Fiddle: 2. touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way. It meant that he didn't do anything productive or helpful as Rome burnt, he just mucked about ineffectually.

[kmdn]

I really appreciate that these documentaries show the true accurate history to the best of our knowledge but the best part is you don't leave out that juicy juicy ancient Roman gossip that people just love to hear (and always will)

[shaitarn]

No mention here of Nero supposedly kicking Poppaea to death and then having a boy who looked like her castrated and forcing him to pretend to be his dead wife? No? Okay.

[IR]

Just one thought, it seems that when you have power family and friends become enemies, worse than the actual ones that do not know you personally.

[lolb]

Why when history is full of amazing story’s, movies an tv shows change so much that there not accurate to the past?

[wheres_bears]

Tony Robinson makes documentaries so fun and interesting

[Luna...]

Even though Nero did some evil things (his mother, the Christians), there's SO many others in history who had done FAR FAR WORSE! His damning reputation was due to the fire tax - full stop. I'm so glad to hear a true factual account of this ruler's life. ~Well done & thank you Mr. Robinson!

[TheLordismystrenght]

Killing his mother was the beginning of his downfall. Respect your mother and father.

[sidxartxa]

WHY has no one still made a TV series about this man? So much drama here!

[ericwinnert]

I'm reading Seneca's Tragedies. So I need to know about his political background.

[djmpvae]

Tony Robison should have made more documents about Cleopatra, Titus, Vespasian,

[NotSure]

You know when he was handed the original script for the line at 27:47 he's demanded it be rewritten to that instead.

[eleni]

I think it's hilarious that Nero had to turn to the Greek populations of Naples [short for= Neapolitea] to gain popularity and love; Then to guarantee it he declared Greece a tax free Roman occupied territory. And how did he do it? AS A ROCK STAR!!!! I wonder if the slave who recommended suicide was Greek. Greeks weren't too happy being occupied by Rome or anyone. I must say binge watching w/Tony Robinson as narrator makes it much more interesting and fun and he makes you say: "Just one more..."

[mireillelebeau]

What I have learn: Don't impose a fire-taxe on people who wrote history, they will accuse you to have put on the fire

[bluenoteone]

St. Peter was not killed on location at St. Peter's Basilica. He was crucified upside down in Nero's Amphitheatre. The Christians took his body down off the cross that night and hurried his body up beyond a Roman cemetary, and secretly buried him. Later the land was purchased and it was on his burial site that Constantine built a basilica over his tomb with the High Altar directly over it.. Much later, the present St. Peter's was built with the high altar in the precise same location. the last real Pope, Pius XII, made it clear through two levels of excavations that it is so, contrary to many lies spoken of about St. Peter never having been to Rome.

[raydavison]

Why has no one ever written a Rock opera based on Nero's life?