His step-father Claudius favored him over his own son Britannicus, mainly through the machinations of this man's mother, Agrippina the Younger.
His step-father Claudius favored him over his own son Britannicus, mainly through the machinations of this man's mother, Agrippina the Younger. He assumed the throne at age 16, the youngest of any previous Roman emperor. His reign was at first peaceful and benevolent, but increasingly became more bloody starting with the forced suicide of his mother, and eventually he was overthrown by Galba. For ten points, name this emperor who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned.
His step-father Claudius favored him over his own son Britannicus, mainly through the machinations of this man's mother, Agrippina the Younger.
{Nero} Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus