"What an artist the world is losing!"
Nero cried it out again and again when he ordered four loyal servants to
dig a grave for him. However, a man who ruled the Roman Empire could not
even stop growing the rebellions of Gaius Julius Vindex. The Senate had
declared Nero a public enemy and that it was their intention to execute
him by beating him to death. Thus, it meant that Nero's tax policies
made Roman tax rebellions for becoming his enemies.
Nero drove a dagger into his throat.
Emperor of the Roman Empire, suicide, 68 AD June 9. |