Many historical figures just get a bad reputation because they conquered people who didn't want to be conquered. Nero seems almost Hitler level evil. Was he actually that bad?
Hi there, this is not meant to discourage answers coming in, but you might be interested in some posts that were already written about Nero by /u/Tiako, /u/Celebreth and /u/BrotherGantry:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3q5guf/roman_historians_did_the_roman_emperor_nero/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2kwkax/exactly_how_crazy_was_nero_xpost_from_rtil/