Succeeded by Galba after his suicide triggered the Year of Four Emperors, this is, for 10 points, what nephew of Claudius, a Roman Emperor who probably didn't fiddle while Rome burned?
During his reign, his polity's forces won the Battle of Watling Street, crushing a revolt that had already sacked present-day Colchester and London. Another revolt against him was nearly busted by the efforts of one woman to recruit sailors to the cause; she strangled herself rather than reveal her co-conspirators under torture. He sent Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo to negotiate peace with the Parthian Empire, although he would eventually order Corbulo and two of his own advisors to commit suicide, Petronius and Seneca. This man also appointed a future emperor to put down a revolt in Judea; he would use the same forces to eventually accede to the throne after a year of chaos. Succeeded by Galba after his suicide triggered the Year of Four Emperors, this is, for 10 points, what nephew of Claudius, a Roman Emperor who probably didn't fiddle while Rome burned?
During his reign, his polity's forces won the Battle of Watling Street, crushing a revolt that had already sacked present-day Colchester and London.
{Nero} Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus [or {Lucius} Domitius {Ahenobarbus} or {Nero} Claudius Caesar {Drusus} Germanicus]