Most Sadistic Things Nero Ever Did

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You’ve heard of Nero, of course. He’s a highlight of world history in high school - the crazy Roman emperor who supposedly fiddled with a tune while the city burned to the ground.
You’ve heard he was out of his mind, sure, but you have no idea exactly how nuts the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors was. Born into the twisted web of the Roman royal family, Nero was adopted by Emperor Claudius as heir to the Roman Empire. Nero distinguished himself as even crazier than any of his predecessors (which is saying something considering Caligula came before this guy).
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@amterasutenma2547 11 ай бұрын

Just when i thought Nero couldn't get any weirder or you know sadistic... Though i guess his momma didn't help things.

@Lupine. 11 ай бұрын

Childhood trauma is the most realistic villain/hero backstory arc.

@SuenosDeLaNoche 11 ай бұрын

@@Lupine. It is a proven cause of cPTSD. Abuse of children is abhorrent and unforgivable.

@Jay-n262 11 ай бұрын

His mom who had an incestuous relationship with his uncle Caligula.

@SiilentSmiles 11 ай бұрын

❤

@youngblood4127 11 ай бұрын

No, you just don’t understand him. He was the ultimate leader. A leader making tough decisions.

@trishashoemaker6143 11 ай бұрын

You completely forgot about sparrus his slave boy that he turned into his wife

@JayCarraway 10 ай бұрын

I noticed that! I came here just to learn about him!

@christophercole8114 11 ай бұрын

Much like the story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree is told to emphasize his honest and integrity, the story of Nero fiddling around while Rome burned probably is told to emphasize his casual cruelty and indifference to the people he was supposed to serve

@gloriamontgomery6900 8 ай бұрын

When in fact, Nero came back to Rome and helped in the relief efforts. He was awful and monstrous, just not all the time

@Fayerooz-td6wg 5 ай бұрын

like Marie Antoinette saying "let them eat cake!"

@kevinxu5788 2 ай бұрын

I’m

@j.c.ca.o.l7035 11 ай бұрын

The relationship between Agripinna, and Nero reminds me of Cersei and Joffrey from Game of Thrones.

@heloisamariani 11 ай бұрын

He literally put his mother in a boat that was faulty. She was injured, but didn't die. Then he actually had her killed.

@Imhimskully 7 ай бұрын

Yes because she was planning to have him killed

@markm1261 11 ай бұрын

Whew that’s a lot of information to absorb. He is up there at the top on madness. Thanks fir these

@jxchamb 11 ай бұрын

By our standards he was nuts but back then most of his behavior wasn't considered too horrible. People were basically animals back then.

@julianaylor4351 11 ай бұрын

It's possible that the Fire of Rome, could have started in the same way as the Great Fire of London....an accidental fire in a local business or it could have been a house. I think that Caligula and Commadus were just as bad in there own ways.

@jarrodnewman0514 11 ай бұрын

Coincidence that an alien time traveler in a Blue Police Box was present at the beginning of both fires.

@Dopecheetah 11 ай бұрын

Yo Rome was always on fire. Everything was wood and buildings were right up against each other. I think you’re right. The great Chicago fire was started by a cow🤷🏽‍♀️. So who knows yo😂

@hurricanestarang 11 ай бұрын

I've actually heard this theory on another channel, the narrow alleys, and wooden structures would have been just a city wide fire if it was dry and windy that week

@julianaylor4351 11 ай бұрын

@@jarrodnewman0514 😁

@Giiiiiiiooooooooo 5 ай бұрын

Spain -near Madrid also had a great fire too lol coincidence? I think not ! Lol

@elsbet1656 11 ай бұрын

The "we don't need another Nero" is pretty fkn funny 😂

@Itzpapalotl. 8 ай бұрын

I hate that commercial

@britishpatriot7386 2 ай бұрын

Thats an old saying from years ago.

@midnightodellewest1999 11 ай бұрын

It’s a shame the name Sextus went out of style.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@0:10 It's incredible when a person is known for their cruelty 2,000 years later.

@kirbymarchbarcena 11 ай бұрын

From Nero to zero

@TheR3alBoazB 11 ай бұрын

😂😂💯

@o0oAeyao0o 11 ай бұрын

zero zero ♫♫

@SophiaElizabeth. 7 ай бұрын

Amen! Well said, bro!

@zach7193 11 ай бұрын

You know, I think of him through Caligula. They're both something else. Monsters.

@michellechou2659 11 ай бұрын

Well, Caligula was his uncle after all.

@TrickOrRetreat 11 ай бұрын

@@michellechou2659also Caligula had all the symptoms of deadly brain disorder. Saw a documentary where they listed all the symptoms, and description was spot on.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@1:52 That is suspicious and he did have motivation for the crime. A detective would keep Nero as a prime suspect.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

A+ video! Fascinating background on such a dramatic Caesar!

@charlesbues6747 11 ай бұрын

You forgot that he had Christians painted with tar and lid on fire as human torches in his garden for fun.

@wordscapes5690 8 ай бұрын

I fully empathize with his sentiment. 😉

@grandetristesse2.060 4 ай бұрын

@@wordscapes5690Muslims killed 300 million hindus 😂

@grandetristesse2.060 4 ай бұрын

@@wordscapes5690you worship cows 😂

@grandetristesse2.060 4 ай бұрын

@@wordscapes5690Christians remain superior and got the last laugh

@grandetristesse2.060 4 ай бұрын

@@wordscapes5690Christians got the last laugh aka roman Catholicism

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@1:40 Encyclopedia Britannica is the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia, first published in 1768. (Encyclopedia Britannica) That is what we used before search engines on the internet.

@gersonmurillo9587 11 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on the Greek Underworld? Or a weird history of the wackiest Ancient Greek mythologies?

@JR-sd3fk 11 ай бұрын

I love the way you tell stories. You’re so funny

@NewMessage 11 ай бұрын

And here I thought the manager at work was a despot.

@SashSC 11 ай бұрын

Would be nice if you did a video on Livia Drusilla, the wife of the first emperor of Rome. The tv series Domina is based on her life, and it seems pretty interesting!

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 11 ай бұрын

Nice video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

@tremorsfan 11 ай бұрын

I'm honestly amazed that Shakespeare never wrote a play about Nero.

@youtubecensors5419 11 ай бұрын

For all we know, he did. Lots of lost works and years, it could be among them...

@grapeshot 11 ай бұрын

Hey Caligula hold my beer🍺🍺🍺 or wine🍷🍷🍷

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@2:11 That concept of Hype Men is fascinating, it's a real mindbender.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@4:02 In architecture, a niche is a cavity in a wall, typically holding a decorative element: a statue, a vase, etc.

@gazorpazorp9798 11 ай бұрын

I’m not sure but the more I study the closer I’m getting Nero to the answer if he was actually crazy or not

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@2:06 "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (single-1969) is a Rolling Stones song off their Let It Bleed (1969) album. It was rated the "100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." (wikipedia)

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@1:40 Some people, especially for summer jobs, used to sell encyclopedias door-to-door. I have a friend that went to East Coast and did that the entire summer!

@NASCARFAN93100 11 ай бұрын

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Give us an update on Season 4 of the Timeline Series!

@edwardleemiller-eo8jp 11 ай бұрын

“It’s Little Nero’s, sir, I have your pizza.”

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@6:14 - In reference to the practice of exile... Ovid, author of Metamorphoses and the most famous poet of his time, was exiled by Caesar Augustus from Rome to live in Tomis. (wikipedia)

@The7Reaper 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact: It's very possible 666/616 in the Bible is code for Nero and that he's the "beast" it talks about.

@laylascott6096 4 ай бұрын

That’s my belief. That was the great tribulation, the millennial reign that was taught to us as the “dark ages” and covered up and that we are in satans short season where he is loosed to deceive the nations once more

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

10:18 The first ABA (American Basketball Association) slam dunk contest was in 1976 at its all-star game. The winner was Julius Erving AKA Dr. J.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@6:25 Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene) was "accidentally discovered in 1938 by Roy J. Plunkett while he was working in New Jersey for DuPont."* It was later used for non-stick cookware. The first US-made teflon-coated pan, "The Happy Pan", was released in 1961. (*wikipedia)

@scirishmelody1096 11 ай бұрын

I seriously lol on the Billy Joel bit 😂

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@8:25 "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel is a single on his 1989 album Stormfront, and a famous music video. In fast-paced lyrics, it lists 118 significant historical events between 1948 and 1989 in mostly chronological order. (wikipedia)

@danielmayer6956 11 ай бұрын

He created a legacy of such infamy by age 30... it shows you that it doesn't take long to create a history of shame

@l3eaver 6 ай бұрын

@1:31 😂 whys that horse so exposed !?

@civroger 11 ай бұрын

I had a rottweiler I named Nero. Not named after this emperor, but because nero means black, and well, my dog was black :)

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@6:14 - I am curious when they started and stopped exiling people like that, and what it's advantages and disadvantages were.

@megbro9762 11 ай бұрын

Can you do a video about birthday traditions? Candles? Cakes? Singing?

@jxchamb 11 ай бұрын

He made some decent video conversion software, too.

@40g33k 11 ай бұрын

Nero in a half shell.

@jimbrown7261 11 ай бұрын

at 10:08 he uses the word decimated like he doesn't understand that the word means 10%. Other than that, great video!

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@8:35 In the 1951 remake of Quo Vadis (1951), Robert Taylor played protagonist Marcus Vicinius. He is easily the most famous alumni from our college, Doane University.

@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын

is this AI comment spam or what?

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@0:44 Play on the hit single "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" by Tina Turner on the soundtrack of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). She acted on that film as Aunty Entity, a ruthless leader of Bartertown who is part glamor and part amazon.

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@6:14 In reference to the practice of exile... Legendary love poet Sappho was "exiled to Sicily around 600 BC." (wikipedia)

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@1:24 - That would be a very unusual and potentially volitile arrangement for anyone. Wow!

@colesteele1 11 ай бұрын

Adoption can be a thankless venture.

@erfelgamazig 11 ай бұрын

Do you remember that he ordered to eat leeks, so that the iron would make his voice deeper, so he could sing an aria in a deep voice, while one of his prisoners was drawn & quartered in front of him?

@flowersforthedead5182 11 ай бұрын

I love how unhinged humans have always been. Isn't it funny how people in power have always been batshit crazy. I have mourned us and accepted our doom. I'm in the laughter era.

@Waterdust2000 11 ай бұрын

Is there a video for Seneca by this channel? word has it he did what he could for Nero.. but ya..

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@7:13 Other famous people with the name Cornelius include Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane Chase) and Cornelius "Corny" Rooster, the mascot for Kellogg's Cornflakes.

@Squidnarqs 11 ай бұрын

Isn’t most of if not like all of our knowledge of him from political rivals and people that lived hundreds of years after he died?

@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын

one main reason for nero's later bad reputation is the takeover of rome and then much more of the world by christians. nero was a major enemy of christians, and is the biblical antichrist (there is a common misunderstanding that the antichrist is some unidentified big bad yet to come, but biblical mentions of the antichrist/the beast were referring to nero, they just followed a voldemort-like practice of not naming him).

@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын

"hey guys, there's another crazy guy claiming to be nero returned from exile!" "you know the drill, we kill him just in case."

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

Eating ANOTHER Weird History Meal! This time eating CHEF BOYARDEE BEEFARONI from the Weird History Food video "Who Was the Real Chef Boyardee?"...while watching this Weird History video! The BEEFARONI is very good!

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@7:13 Yukon Cornelius is an arctic prospector in the classic Rankin/Bass TV special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Raindeer (1964). "His sled is pulled by a team of dogs, consisting of a poodle, a Cocker Spaniel, a Saint Bernard, a dachshund, and a collie." (wikipedia)

@BonShula 11 ай бұрын

The fiddle hadn't been invented yet, and wouldn't be for a millennium. Nero did not play the fiddle

@Wellch 11 ай бұрын

Lyre was the instruction that could have been used.

@HajiKang 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! I want more western stories!

@jeffmcloud2685 11 ай бұрын

According to Tom Holland, killing Britannicus wasn’t the only awful thing that Nero did to his poor younger brother…

@adamstannard7934 11 ай бұрын

The rest is history squad wooooo

@TWM71 11 ай бұрын

Every one of your intros zooms in on the 'Weird History' banner which features Bruce Lee. Would you please do an episode about him?

@mamamia663 4 ай бұрын

@9:02 The empire is structured like the shape of phallus 😮

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@5:56 There should only be one of those mugs.

@MegaSpiritualWarrior 11 ай бұрын

Also responsible for ordering the beheading of Apostle Paul.

@JamesWilliams-gv7zd 11 ай бұрын

Nice Misfit Toys reference

@billjohnson1111 18 күн бұрын

You can call it “CE” but we all know what major world event happened in year 0!!

@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813 11 ай бұрын

Probably the most psychotic Billy Joel FTW

@giraffesinc.2193 6 ай бұрын

Uh, erm ... love your channel, but the statue at 1:02 is of St. Joseph!

@TheHistoryBox_KK 11 ай бұрын

I like this❤❤

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@8:23 The safety match was invented by Swedish chemist Gustaf Erik Pasch. (wikipedia).

@mymydry 6 ай бұрын

I was waiting for Sporus to be mentioned 😓

@btetschner 11 ай бұрын

@8:23 The dangers of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches led to the development of the "hygienic" or "safety match." In the film Enola Holmes 2 (2022), this conflict is part of the storyline.

@JessicaMitchell-be6ib 10 ай бұрын

I would like to hear more about Elizabeth bathery

@zippy4green 6 ай бұрын

It's AD and BC. The Church created the calendar, give it credit.

@scottnotpilgrim 11 ай бұрын

To think they named a Devil May Cry character after him 😅

@PlagueOfFear 11 ай бұрын

Cool

@lancebriggs4760 3 ай бұрын

Did you know the Apostle Paul went and visit Nero to get him to change his Wicked Ways.

@tonynussbaum 11 ай бұрын

That's some weird ah history.

@IAINTBLACKTHEN 11 ай бұрын

Damn yall fast...

@auntvesuvi3872 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! 🏛 #WeirdHistory #Nero #EmperorNero #RomanHistory

@Nero4twenny 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a pretty interesting guy.

@WastedTalent- 11 ай бұрын

"Bring me a small lyre!"

@JDWanko 11 ай бұрын

How about Archimedes?

@andyanderson8586 11 ай бұрын

What is ce? I am in USA and we don't have ce. Kind of confusing

@thegreencat9947 11 ай бұрын

Common era.

@jeremydarkeag1e85 11 ай бұрын

He's directly related to Hillary Clinton....allegedly 😂

@MusicLover-my6fo 8 ай бұрын

Caligula - I was Rome's most insane ruler. Commodus - You think you're crazy? I modeled myself in Hercules' image and renamed Rome and all its citizens in my honor. Nero - Gentlemen please, allow to regale you with a tale.

@woodworkingandepoxy643 11 ай бұрын

Most sadistic thing he did was live. Anything else was a byproduct of that. Dudes whole life was sadistic

@NASCARFAN93100 11 ай бұрын

Please do a vid on Oppenheimer

@rdwaldsaxe-coburg666 2 ай бұрын

Praetorian prefect (51-62) and, with Seneca, the chief adviser of the Roman emperor Nero (reigned 54-68). Burrus came from Gallia Narbonensis and held commissions in the Roman army and posts in the households of Livia (widow of the emperor Augustus) and the emperors Tiberius and Claudius. Made prefect of the Praetorian Guard in 51, he owed his promotion to Claudius' wife, Agrippina, who had become the dominant influence on her husband. Agrippina doubtless counted on Burrus' continuing support, but, after the accession of the 16-year-old Nero, Burrus, in concert with Seneca, managed to subvert her power. It is reasonable to suppose that until Burrus' death in 62, he and Seneca were responsible for imperial policy and administration. The ancient allegation that Nero Put Burrus to death SYPHILIS PLAGUE ,pryor to banishing him to land in pompeii this can neither proved nor refuted