 According to Suetonius ; Nero became Emperor at the age of 17 when the news of Claudius ' death was made known , making him the youngest emperor at that time Although , what Suetonius may have meant is that he was in his seventeenth year as his date of birth , also listed by Suetonius , would have made him 16 at the time of Claudius ' death . Tacitus , in book XIII of his Annals , describes Nero as being ' scarcely out of his boyhood ' at the time he became emperor . Ancient historians describe Nero 's early reign as being strongly influenced by his mother , Agrippina , his tutor Lucius Annaeus Seneca , and the Praetorian Prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus , especially in the first year . Other tutors were less often mentioned , such as Alexander of Aegae . 
 According to Suetonius ; Nero became Emperor at the age of 17 when the news of Claudius <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>death was made known , making him the youngest emperor at that time Although , what Suetonius may <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> meant is that he was in his seventeenth year as his date of birth , also listed by Suetonius , would <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> made him 16 at the time of Claudius <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'</mark></a>death . Tacitus , in book XIII of his Annals , <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>describes</mark></a> Nero as being ' scarcely out of his boyhood ' at the time he became emperor . Ancient historians describe Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>early reign as being strongly influenced by his mother , Agrippina , his tutor Lucius Annaeus Seneca , and the Praetorian Prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus , especially in the first year . Other tutors <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> less often mentioned , such as Alexander of Aegae . 
According to Suetonius ; Nero became Emperor at the age of 17 when the news of Claudius  death was made known , making him the youngest emperor at that time Although , what Suetonius may done meant is that he was in his seventeenth year as his date of birth , also listed by Suetonius , would done made him 16 at da time of Claudius  death . Tacitus , in book XIII of his Annals , describe Nero as being ' scarcely outt of his boyhood ' at the time he became emperor . Ancient historians describe Nero  early reign as bein strongly influenced by his mother , Agrippina , his tutor Lucius Annaeus Seneca , and tdaPraetorian Prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus , especially in the first year . Other tutors was less often mentioned , such as Alexander of Aegae .