According to Tacitus and Suetonius, Nero also tried to shift responsibility for the fire to the Christians (who at the time were widely believed to engage in many depraved practices), and that led to their ruthless persecution. That in itself earned Nero the new alias of Antichrist in the early Christian tradition.

Ultimately, with Nero’s death came the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty rule which lasted for almost 100 years.