The Craziest Roman Emperor Ever

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is often considered the craziest Roman emperor1. He ruled from 54 to 68 AD and his infamous acts stemmed from his deep-seated paranoia, which led him to execute countless individuals, including his own mother, Agrippina the Younger1. Gaius Caligula is another Roman emperor known for his shocking extremes of paranoia, cruelty and megalomania2. Other notorious and excessive Roman emperors include Commodus, Elagabalus, Vitellius, Caracalla, and Tiberius3