There was apparently a legend that Nero would return again after his death, and a few "false Neros" who pretended to be him in popular uprisings. His reputation overall seems to have been poor; why would people have wanted him to come back?

by DGBD
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Consider the reply from/u/vasaryo in an answer to an older question

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3q5guf/roman_historians_did_the_roman_emperor_nero/

TLDR: minority of scholars argues that we should revise our view of Nero.