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242 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-08-04Infamous Roman ruler
2026-08-03Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in)
2025-11-07Focus of the historians Tacitus and Suetonius
2025-07-29Infamous Roman ruler
2025-03-02Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum
2025-02-12Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68
2024-12-27Emperor from 54 to 68
2024-12-19Burning man?
2024-09-09Emperor Claudius's successor
2024-07-19Name hidden in "hard-line Roman Emperor"
2024-03-03Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors
2024-02-24Historic husband of Claudia Octavia
2024-01-17Last Julio-Claudian emperor
2024-01-02Infamous Roman
2023-10-31Emperor beginning in A.D. 54
2023-10-24Final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
2023-09-21He actually died about 1,500 years before the fiddle was invented
2023-07-25Detective Wolfe
2023-07-09His death sparked a civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors
2023-06-06Roman emperor famed for his debauchery
2023-05-07___ Redivivus (first-century myth about an emperor's reappearance)
2023-04-25Infamous emperor
2023-04-10Emperor who purportedly fiddled while Rome burned
2023-04-06Black: It.
2022-07-11Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome
2022-05-24Emperor whose mother was Agrippina the Younger
2022-01-12Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome
2021-12-27Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome
2021-11-23Reviled Roman emperor
2021-08-30Roman emperor who succeeded his adoptive father
2021-08-02Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!"
2020-12-27Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30
2020-10-07___ Wolfe, armchair detective
2020-08-24Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors
2020-08-23Infamous emperor
2020-07-11Historic megalomaniac
2020-03-18Detective Wolfe
2020-03-17"Fiddling" emperor
2020-02-27"I, Claudius" role
2019-12-05Leader who succeeded his adoptive father
2019-10-20Historical role for Peter Lorre in "The Story of Mankind"
2019-09-15Emperor who, in actuality, played the lyre, not the violin
2019-06-23Model for a bust at the Musei Capitolini
2019-06-12Builder of the Domus Aurea
2019-05-07Master detective Wolfe
2019-05-05Old Roman autocrat
2019-04-13Ancient Rome's Circus of ___
2019-03-19Emperor who rebuilt Rome after it burned
2019-02-04Last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
2018-10-16Leader whose death sparked the Year of the Four Emperors
2018-08-04Husband of Octavia
2018-02-13Famed "fiddler"
2017-11-02He was emperor at 16, dead at 30
2017-09-19Claudius's successor
2017-08-05Enemy captain in 2009's "Star Trek" film
2017-06-07Wolfe of crime fiction
2017-04-08First-century megalomaniac
2017-04-03Ruler said to have fiddled while Rome burned
2017-02-03Roman-Parthian War figure
2016-12-13Fiddling emperor
2016-11-21Character in "I, Claudius"
2016-10-10Emperor accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome
2016-09-16"I, Claudius" figure
2016-07-28Enemy of the early Christians
2016-03-03Ruler preceding the Year of the Four Emperors
2016-01-31During whose reign Peter was crucified
2015-11-23Roman emperor known for his vanity
2015-09-30Mad stepson in "I, Claudius"
2015-09-17Son of Agrippina
2015-08-21Emperor who committed matricide
2015-07-24Husband of ancient Rome's Poppaea Sabina
2015-05-24Wolfe of mystery
2015-01-04"Quo Vadis" character
2014-12-08"Fiddling" Roman emperor
2014-09-28Nephew of Caligula
2014-05-11Wager of war against Parthia
2014-04-06Julio-Claudian dynasty ruler
2013-12-10Peter on a piano
2013-12-09Emperor at the Circus Maximus
2013-11-27"I, Claudius" role
2013-11-03Great-grandson of Mark Antony
2013-09-10Villain in the 2009 "Star Trek" film
2013-07-23Face on a coin of A.D. 64
2013-05-15Emperor after Claudius
2013-04-02Pianist Peter
2013-03-30Emperor who built the Domus Aurea
2013-03-16Tutee of Seneca
2013-03-142009 "Star Trek" villain
2013-01-14Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned
2012-11-15Last Julio-Claudian emperor
2012-07-29"Quo Vadis" role
2012-04-01Nephew of Caligula
2011-12-221951 historical role for Peter Ustinov
2011-12-19Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned
2011-12-07Sleuth Wolfe
2011-11-28Crime solver Wolfe of fiction
2011-11-23Colossal statue outside ancient Rome's Colosseum
2011-05-24Pianist Peter
2011-04-04Tyrannical Roman emperor
2011-01-30Famous fiddler
2011-01-16Last Julio-Claudian emperor
2010-11-17Rotund Wolfe
2010-09-05Character in "I, Claudius"
2010-08-23Emperor who "fiddled"
2010-08-09Roman tyrant
2010-05-24Literary Wolfe
2010-04-11Historical subject of a Boito opera
2010-03-07Franco of "Camelot"
2010-03-03Emperor who married his stepsister
2010-01-31Lancelot portrayer, 1967
2009-12-05First-century coup victim
2009-10-11He was born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
2009-09-21Detective ___ Wolfe
2009-09-13Emperor who married his stepsister
2009-08-14Member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
2009-07-06Wolfe of whodunits
2009-06-23Villain in 2009's "Star Trek"
2009-03-11"I, Claudius" figure
2009-03-04Peter at the ivories
2009-03-02Emperor who fiddled around?
2009-02-18"Quo Vadis" role
2009-02-12Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind"
2009-01-19Adopted son of Claudius
2009-01-07"Quo Vadis" role
2008-08-17"I, Claudius" role
2008-05-21"Quo Vadis" role
2008-05-06Stout's Wolfe
2008-02-13Charles Laughton's role in "The Sign of the Cross"
2007-11-12Fictional detective Wolfe
2007-10-24"Camelot" actor Franco
2007-10-21Last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
2007-09-26"Quo Vadis" role
2007-09-17Emperor who reputedly fiddled while Rome burned
2007-06-10Subject of a Boito opera
2007-05-03Successor to Claudius I
2007-04-04"Quo Vadis" role
2007-03-29Great-grandson of Marc Antony
2007-02-15Coup victim of A.D. 68
2006-09-26Detective Wolfe of fiction
2006-09-24Agrippina's slayer
2006-03-01Franco of film
2006-02-22Portrait on a coin of A.D. 64
2005-12-29Role in "The Sign of the Cross"
2005-12-06Whodunit hero Wolfe
2005-12-02Adopted son of Claudius
2005-09-03Ancient libertine
2005-04-11Rome's fifth emperor
2005-04-08He was declared a public enemy by the Senate
2005-01-09Hated ruler of old
2004-12-21"Quo Vadis?" emperor
2004-12-02Claudius's successor
2004-11-09Emperor who presided over a great fire
2004-10-31Roman imperator
2004-10-211951 Peter Ustinov role
2004-10-15Octavia's offer?
2004-10-03Subject of a giant statue at Rome's ancient Colosseum
2004-09-08Fictional Wolfe
2004-01-13Claudius's successor
2003-10-161951 Peter Ustinov historical role
2003-08-08Role in Racine's "Britannicus"
2003-07-01Fictional detective Wolfe
2003-06-29"Quo Vadis" character
2003-06-23Poisoner of Britannicus
2003-04-18Handel opera
2003-04-08"I, Claudius" role
2003-02-18"I, Claudius" role
2002-12-29Student of Seneca
2002-12-03Fiddling emperor, they say
2002-10-13"Quo Vadis" role
2002-09-28His last words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!"
2002-09-05The Senate declared him a public enemy
2002-08-06Claudius I's successor
2002-07-03Emperor who poisoned Britannicus
2001-11-27Detective Wolfe
2001-08-15He ordered Seneca's death
2001-06-13Galba's predecessor
2001-04-16Imperious Roman
2001-04-08Infamous dictator
2000-10-05Peter of the Philadelphia Pops
2000-08-20Roman "fiddler"
2000-07-27Galba's predecessor
2000-01-13Role in "The Coronation of Poppea"
1999-12-11Husband of Poppaea Sabina
1999-11-16His dying words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!"
1999-10-18Roman "fiddler"
1999-08-27Rex introduced him
1999-08-07Poppaea's husband
1999-06-01Husband of Poppaea
1999-04-01Peter Lorre's role in "The Story of Mankind"
1999-03-26Agrippina's slayer
1999-01-27Agrippina's son
1999-01-18Fiddling emperor
1998-12-09Detective Wolfe
1998-12-07In legend, he fiddled in a fire
1998-10-29Rex's stout detective
1998-10-01Stout fellow?
1998-09-25Rex's sleuth
1998-08-19Pianist Peter
1998-07-07Great-great-grandson of Augustus
1998-06-30Emperor in "Quo Vadis?"
1998-06-23Pianist Peter
1998-06-15Fiddler while Rome burned
1998-05-11Detective Wolfe
1998-02-01Infamous Roman
1998-01-18Prowling Wolfe
1998-01-09Concern for Claudius
1997-11-28Student of Seneca
1997-10-27Emperor with a burning ambition?
1997-08-05Peter or the Wolfe?
1997-07-31"Camelot" actor Franco
1997-07-11Octavia's husband
1997-03-05Rebuilder of Rome
1996-10-13Boito opera
1996-09-13Concern for Claudius
1996-07-21Leader of A.D. 54
1996-06-20"Camelot" Lancelot Franco___
1996-05-17"Quo Vadis?" character
1996-03-15Sleuth Wolfe
1996-03-03Ustinov in "Quo Vadis?"
1996-01-08Claudius's stepson
1995-11-25Handel opera
1995-11-20Stepson of Emperor Claudius
1995-10-22Handel opera
1995-09-02Franco of "Camelot"
1995-08-03Claudius I's successor
1995-07-18Nephew of Caligula
1995-07-16"Quo Vadis?" figure
1995-05-23Famed fiddler
1995-04-09Stout's sleuth Wolfe
1995-03-18Poppaea's third husband
1995-02-27Roman "fiddler"
1995-02-05Claudius' successor
1994-11-01Imperious emperor
1994-08-22Roman "fiddler"
1994-08-14"Camelot" co-star
1994-03-22Agrippina's son
1994-02-15Pianist Peter
1994-02-10Poppaea's husband
1994-01-19Nephew of Caligula
1994-01-03Grammy-winning pianist
1993-12-27Fiery fiddler
1993-12-08Claudius's adopted son