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