Nero

: Research papers on the Nero Redivivus legend discuss the post-death belief that Nero would return, either as an avenger or, in Christian tradition, as the Antichrist .

Not so bad, actually: Nero in the 'Journal of Roman Studies' : Research papers on the Nero Redivivus legend

: A paper from Scholar Works at Harding suggests Nero’s "madness" was actually a calculated, theatrically motivated strategy used to rule according to his own interests. either as an avenger or

: Scholar Brent D. Shaw argues in the Journal of Roman Studies that the idea of Nero systematically persecuting Christians may be a later fiction developed around 100 AD. in Christian tradition

Papers also examine how Nero’s artistic and building projects were tied to his personal ideology.