How Accurate is Fate's Nero Claudius?

How well does Fate/Grand Order portray Nero Claudius, the Fifth Emperor or Rome? How close is Nero' in-game version to her historical counterpart? In this video we delve into her character design, in-game skills, and characterization in order to determine that, followed up by giving it a grade in terms of its historical accuracy. Was Nero truly a self-absorbed performer who everyone adored and was also an amazing swordfighter with no flaws whatsoever? Find out here!

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Gameplay footage comes from the mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
Maps are from Google Maps or Wikimedia.
Artwork consists of Classical Pieces of Art created since the middle ages, chiefly works in the public domain from the 18th and 19th century.
Animated and Film footage comes from the following sources: Fate/EXTRA (2010) by Marvelous Entertainment, Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star (2016) by Marvelous Entertainment, Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) by Marvelous Entertainment, Fate/EXTELLA LINK (2019) by Marvelous Inc., Fate/Grand Carnival (2020-2021) by Lerche, and Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity-Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021) by Cloverworks. Animated footage from either of these sources are labeled by their source in the top left corner whenever such footage is used.


Cheers Like A Falling Star
Fate/EXTRA CCC
KATE
2013
Disc 2, Track 14

Holy Mother of the Abyss
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack VI
Keita Haga
2023
Disc 2, Track 18

FGO Arcade - Babylon Map Theme
Unknown Soundtrack

Ner EX
Fate/Extra Original Soundtrack
KATE and James Harris
2011
Track 21

Eternal Madness Empire: Septem
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack I
Keita Haga
2017
Disc 1, Track 11

Rebellion
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack III
Keita Haga
2019
Disc 2, Track 5



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00:00 Intro
01:03 Class/Olympics
03:10 Gender
04:16 Character Design
05:21 Great Fire of Rome/Design Conclusion
07:47 Nero Bride
09:05 Skillset
15:05 Noble Phantasm
17:41 Bond Craft Essence
19:05 Valentines' CE'
20:24 Nero - Infamy
22:13 Nero - Childhood
26:36 Nero - Emperor
31:19 Nero - Downfall
35:01 Nero in the Extraverse
38:26 Nero in Fate/Grand Order
40:44 Conclusion
42:50 Final Grade