Nero

Nero (15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD) was the fifth Roman emperor from 54 to 68, and the last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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The following list is of explicit appearances of Nero.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1896	Nero	Quo Vadis, author Henryk Sienkiewicz	Nero is a major supporting character in this love story set during his reign.
1951	Nero	Quo Vadis	Nero is portrayed by Peter Ustinov.^[2]^[3]
1965	Nero	Doctor Who, serial "The Romans"	Portrayed by Derek Francis.^[4]
1967	Nero	The Time Tunnel, episode "The Ghost of Nero"	Time travelers Douglas Phillips (Robert Colbert) and Anthony Newman (James Darren) travel back to the Italian campaign of World War I. German shelling leads to the freeing of Nero's ghost, which attempts to kill Count Enrico Galba (Eduardo Ciannelli), descendant of the Roman Emperor Galba. After Galba escapes, Nero takes possession of a young Italian corporal- Benito Mussolini.^[5]
1976	Nero	I, Claudius	Portrayed by Christopher Biggins.^[6]^[7] John Hurt portrays Caligula^[8] while Derek Jacobi portrays the titular Claudius.^[9]
2003	Nero	Boudica	Andrew Lee Potts portrayed Nero,^[10]^[11], while Boudica was poortrayed by Alex Kingston,^[12] and Jack Shepherd portrayed Claudius.^[13]
2019	Nero	Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans	Portrayed by Craig Roberts.^[14]^[15] Sir Derek Jacobi portrayed Claudius,^[9] while Kate Nash portrayed Boudicca.^[16]

The following list is of various mentions of Nero in fiction and popular culture.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1992	Nero	Forever Knight, episode "Dark Knight: The Second Chapter"	Lucien LaCroix (Nigel Bennett) claims to have taught Nero the tune and watched Rome burn with him. LaCroix also claimed to have have ridden with Charlemagne and to have taught Genghis Khan the lessons of war.^[17]
1999	Nero's Palace	The Simpsons, episode "Viva Ned Flanders"	A casino appearing in the episode, and a parody of the real-life Caesars Palace.
2001	Nero	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode "Once More, with Feeling"	Musical demon Sweet claims to have given Nero his fiddle.