MAJOR EVENTS DURING NERO’S LIFETIME
All dates are AD
37 |
(Accession of Caligula) |
Probable Birth of Nero |
|
39 |
Exile of Agrippina |
40 or 41 |
Death of Gnaeus Domitius (father) |
41 |
Accession of Claudius |
Recall of Agrippina |
|
49 |
Marriage of Agrippina and Claudius |
Betrothal of Nero and Octavia |
|
50 |
Adoption of Nero by Claudius |
53 |
Marriage of Nero and Octavia |
54 |
Death of Claudius |
Accession of Nero |
|
Tensions with Parthia |
|
55 |
Death of Britannicus |
58 |
Exile of Cornelius Sulla |
59 |
Death of Agrippina |
60 |
Rebellion of Boudica |
Exile of Rubellius Plautus |
|
62 |
Marriage to Poppaea Sabina |
Deaths of Rubellius Plautus and Cornelius Sulla |
|
63 |
Birth and Death of Daughter, Claudia Augusta |
Submission of Parthians |
|
64 |
Fire of Rome |
Nero’s Performance in Naples |
|
65 |
Pisonian Conspiracy |
66 |
Marriage to Statilia Messalina |
Death of Petronius |
|
Tiridates in Rome |
|
Conspiracy of Vinicianus |
|
Departure of Nero for Greece |
|
68 |
Return of Nero to Italy |
Rebellion of Vindex |
|
Death of Nero |