# Nero — Marius the Epicurean character guide

> Nero in Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0016-part-ii-xiv-manly-amusement

## Who they are

The infamous emperor, cited as a negative example of tyranny and excess.

## In the story

### [Manly Amusement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/marius_the_epicurean_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv-manly-amusement)

Nero is referenced as having brought human suffering to its height with his living bonfires, serving as an extreme example of cruelty.

### [XXV: Sunt Lacrimae Rerum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/marius_the_epicurean_se/chapters/part-iv-xxv-sunt-lacrimae-rerum)

Referenced in connection with the cold-blooded slaughter of four hundred slaves, a historical crime that Marius feels reproached by.

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