1. Nero
Agrippina the Younger is born into Rome’s imperial family, where blood provides proximity to power but no protection from exile, execution or dynastic suspicion. Through the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula and the accession of Claudius, she protects her son Lucius and learns to use marriage,…
2. Tyrant
Agrippina marries her uncle Claudius and uses her new position to secure Nero’s adoption and advance him ahead of the emperor’s natural son, Britannicus. Nero is educated for rule, married to Octavia and drawn into a court where every friendship may conceal a faction. As Claudius’s…
3. Inferno
By AD 60 Nero rules an empire that appears secure but is increasingly dependent on fear, performance and personal loyalty. Boudica’s revolt devastates Roman Britain, while fire, plots and repression deepen hostility within Rome. When Vindex rebels in Gaul and Galba is proclaimed by his troops,…