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Nero.

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

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name[ˈnɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛː.ro]
  1. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

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  2. an agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero

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  3. any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *nēr (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr, whence Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr). According to Suetonius, the name was used by the Claudii family because, in the Sabine language, it meant "strong" ("fortis") and "valiant" ("strēnuus"). It is possible that the term was borrowed from Sabine nero, although the Sabine term may be fictitious.

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