>never wanted to be an emperor, forced there by his mother
>tries to enjoys his hobbies and build cool things instead
>senate starts to hate him because having fun at chariot races is apparently shameful for elites
>brother dies by some unknown condition
>they say Nero gave him poison that instantaneously killed him and caused horrifying blisters, even if that would be incredibly suspicious (and a poison like that was unknown to the romans)
>mother keeps conspiring around and eventually dies too
>they say he also killed his own mother while at the same time accusing him of incest
>they try to kill him, so he kills the conspirators
>he wasn't supposed to do that even if they wanted him to get serious
>rome catches fire
>he helps on firefighting, rebuilds a lot of things, including a massive golden house
>this was bad because that's not frugal and greek philosophy enough
>punishes an anti-humanity cult as possible perpetrators of the fire
>we also hate them but you were supposed to kill and torture WITHOUT spectacle and fun involved
>seeing things were getting bad he flees
>liked by the people so much he spawns a legend where he never died and also many imposters

>considered the bad guy by modern people