Q 01/05

What was Nero's birth name?

A) Tiberius Claudius Drusus

B) Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus

C) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

D) Marcus Salvius Otho

Answer · why

C) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

He was born at Antium, modern Anzio, in December AD 37.

Q 02/05

Who was Nero's mother?

A) Livia Drusilla

B) Valeria Messalina

C) Antonia Minor

D) Agrippina the Younger

Answer · why

D) Agrippina the Younger

His father reportedly said any child of theirs would have a detestable nature and become a public danger.

Q 03/05

Nero's maternal uncle was which reigning emperor?

A) Claudius

B) Tiberius

C) Caligula

D) Augustus

Answer · why

C) Caligula

That uncle exiled Nero's mother to an island and seized the boy's paternal inheritance.

Q 04/05

Which emperor married Nero's mother and adopted Nero as his heir in AD 50?

A) Claudius

B) Tiberius

C) Galba

D) Caligula

Answer · why

A) Claudius

Gold coins were struck to mark the adoption; Nero was eleven when his mother remarried.

Q 05/05

How old was Nero when he became emperor in AD 54?

A) 16

B) 12

C) 10

D) 14

Answer · why

A) 16

His first speech to the Senate, promising to follow the Augustan model, was written by his tutor.

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