Moreover, he institutionalized new building codes throughout the city. The second reason is of political nature. The Christians seemed to gain more political influence and Nero used the fire to clamp down on their influence in Rome. He arrested, tortured and executed hundreds of Christians on the pretext that they had something to do with the fire. Diana E. References and Further Reading:.
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Related Resources. Ancient Rome. View Collection. Teaching Idea: Ancient Rome. Also, about the northern colony of Bologna since their settlement suffered a destructive fire. Emperor Claudius died in 54 AD. According to the historical facts, he was poisoned by his wife Agrippina. Before the realization of her plan, she put all efforts to replace the guard officers with men loyal to her.
Consequently, Nero became a new ruler of the empire without incident. He became an emperor at the age of 16, which made him the youngest sole emperor until Elagabalus, who became a ruler of the empire when he was 14 in AD. When Nero was proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt, he adopted the titulary Autokrator Neron Heqaheqau Meryasetptah Tjemaahuikhasut Wernakhtubaqet Heqaheqau Setepennemu Merur , which means Emperor Nero, Ruler of rulers, chosen by Ptah, beloved of Isis, the sturdy-armed one who struck the foreign lands, victorious for Egypt, ruler of rulers, chosen of Nun who loves him.
At the beginning of his leadership, Nero promised to follow the Augustan model in his principate, remove all treasury trials of Tiberius , finish the corruption and to respect the privileges of the Senate and individual Senators. Agrippina wanted to rule through her son and she murdered political rivals. In addition, one of the first coins issued by Nero was with the depiction of Agrippina. Most people welcomed new emperor during first period of his reign, so his first part of leadership was considered as a mini-golden age.
Nero organized lavish games, plays, concerts, gladiator battles and taxes were reduced, so populace considered him to be generous and smart. Agrippina was overly protective mother, who wanted to be the true force behind her son.
She even managed to spread her influence to others. However, Nero did not really like the way his mother pushes on him and moved her out of the palace. Later, he denied her the protection of her Praetorian Guard and banned Agrippina from all gladiatorial contests.
It was to no avail, but he did at least make the effort. In reality, once a fire had taken a firm hold in ancient Rome, the options were very limited. This was attempted during the Great Fire, and in at least one sector efficiently enough to bring it temporarily to a halt. But in the end, the wildly erratic course of the fierce winds made the route of the flames all but predictable.
There was little that even the most energetic leader could have done before the fire had abated, nine days after it started, and where we might more usefully seek to assess leadership is in the emergency measures adopted to help the victims, and in subsequent programs. Here, again, Nero gets high marks. He set up temporary shelters on the Campus Martius for those rendered homeless. When these became over-crowded, he opened up other locations, including major public buildings and even his own personal estates.
He initiated schemes to encourage reconstruction though government-investor partnerships. Grants for rebuilding were provided; former slaves who had acquired partial citizenship could gain full status by investing half their accumulated assets in home-construction.
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