![]() ![]() Also during Nero’s reign the apostle Paul was confined to house arrest in Rome (AD 60-63), where he wrote Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. ![]() In fact, approximately fourteen of the New Testament’s twenty-seven books were written in whole or in part during Nero’s emperorship. Although still in its infancy, Christianity was spreading rapidly during this time. Nero took the throne approximately two decades after Christ was crucified. His reign lasted nearly fourteen years, until AD 68 when he committed suicide at the age of 30. Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius to become his successor, and upon Claudius’s death in AD 54 Nero became the youngest emperor at age 16. Nero, along with Rome’s first four emperors-Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius-made up what is called the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in December of AD 37, Nero became the fifth emperor of Rome. ![]()
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