Early Life

When Nero's mother got exiled by Emperor Caligula to the Pontiant Islands, Nero's fortune was seized upon his father's death a year later. After Emperor Caligula was killed, Nero's mother was returned to Rome and married Claudius in 49 AD. Nero was able to get a good education and was later arranged to marry Claudius' daughter Octavia. In 50 AD Agrippina persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero making Nero the next heir to the throne of Rome.
Nero's new name: Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
(named after maternal Grandfather Germanicus who was a general in the army)

After Claudius' death (predicted poisoned by Agrippina) Nero was to take power when he was 17, until then his mother resumed power.