Emperor Nero (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age of 16. His reign was one of the most infamous in history, and over 2000 years after he came to power, his name is still used to invoke the image of a cruel ruler and a despot. But what exactly made him so bad, and was he really as bad as the legends say?Learn more about Emperor Nero and why his reign became so infamous on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:07.4	In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the emperor of Rome at the age of 16.
0:15.8	His reign was one of the most infamous in history, and over 2,000 years after he came to power, his name is
0:21.5	still used to invoke the image of a cruel ruler and a despot. But what exactly made him so bad,
0:27.6	and was he really as bad as the legend say? Learn more about Emperor Nero, and why his
0:33.1	reign became so infamous on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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2:28.1	The Emperor who was to become known as Nero-Claudius Caesar Augustus D'Germanicus, was born
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