A marble bust of Nero, shown in an exhibition at the Colosseum in RomeImage: Unknown artist · CC BY-SA 3.0Nero dies, and the dynasty of Augustus dies with him
Nero became Roman emperor in 54 at the age of sixteen. His early reign was steered by his tutor Seneca and the prefect Burrus, but in later years he grew ever more suspicious and extravagant, had his own mother killed, and spent heavily on building and on his passion for performing as a singer and charioteer. By 68 revolt had broken out in Gaul under Vindex, and the governor of Spain, Galba, was declared emperor by his troops. In Rome the praetorian prefect Nymphidius Sabinus persuaded the imperial guard to abandon Nero in return for a large reward, and the Senate turned against him. Nero fled the city to a villa outside Rome, and there, on 9 June 68, he took his own life, aged 30. He was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian family that had ruled since Augustus, and his death opened a year of civil war in which four men held the throne in turn.
Source: Britannica: Nero ↗
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