| Timeline |
| 37 |
Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus on 15 December in Antium, he is the nephew of emperor Caligula |
| 39 |
Nero's father dies; his mother, Agrippina the younger, loses favour with Caligula and is exiled - Nero's inheritance is siezed and he is sent to live with an aunt |
| 41 |
Caligula is murdered, his uncle (Claudius) becomes emperor and Agrippina is allowed to return from exile |
| 49 |
Claudius marries Agrippina; Lucius Annaeus Seneca is Nero's tutor |
| 50 |
Nero is officially adopted by Claudius and renamed Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus - he becomes heir to the throne |
| 53 |
Marries Octavia |
| 54 |
Claudius dies, Nero succeeds to the throne on 13 October |
| 55 |
Affair with Acte |
| 58 |
Begins affair with Poppaea Sabina |
| 59 |
Nero orders the murder of his mother |
| 60 |
Icini revolt in Britain |
| 62 |
Accusations of treason against Nero and the Senate first begin to appear; divorces Octavia, has her executed on charges of treason; marries Poppaea |
| 63 |
Destruction of Pompeii by an earthquake; daughter Claudia Augusta born to Poppaea |
| 64 |
Rome burns. Nero blames the Christians and the persecutions begin in earnest; Nero gives his first public performance, in Naples |
| 65 |
Pisonian conspiracy, death of Poppaea |
| 66 |
Parthian (Armenia) war; Jewish Revolt (First Jewish-Roman War); marries Statilia Messallina |
| 67 |
Nero travels to Greece to display his artistic abilities in the theatres there and his athletic abilities in the Olympic Games; Vindex's Rebellion |
| 68 |
Senate votes Galba emperor; Nero commits suicide on 9 June |
