 Nero 's name was erased from some monuments , in what Edward Champlin regards as an " outburst of private zeal " . Many portraits of Nero were reworked to represent other figures ; according to Eric R. Varner , over fifty such images survive . This reworking of images is often explained as part of the way in which the memory of disgraced emperors was condemned posthumously ( see damnatio memoriae ) . Champlin , however , doubts that the practice is necessarily negative and notes that some continued to create images of Nero long after his death . 
 Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>name was erased from some monuments , in what Edward Champlin <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>regards</mark></a> as an " outburst of private zeal " . Many portraits of Nero <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> reworked to represent other figures ; according to Eric R. Varner , over fifty such images survive . This reworking of images is often explained as part of the way in which the memory of disgraced emperors was condemned posthumously ( see damnatio memoriae ) . Champlin , however , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>doubts</mark></a> that the practice is necessarily negative and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>notes</mark></a> that some continued to create images of Nero long after his death . 
Nero  name was erased from some monuments , in what Edward Champlin regard as an " outburst of private zeal " . Many portraits of Nero was reworked to represent other figures ; according to Eric R. Varner , ova fifty such images survive . This reworking of images is often explained as part of da way in which the memory of disgraced emperors was condemned posthumously ( see damnatio memoriae ) . Champlin , however , doubt dat the practice is necessarily negative and note tdatsum continued to create images of Nero long after his death .