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He was actually pretty progressive and well-liked in the earlier years of his reign. Of course we all know how that eventually turned out... Such an ignomious end for Julius Caesar's bloodline.
He was actually very well liked throughout his emperorship! Even centuries after his reign the romans prayed for his return!
So why is he commonly remembered as a dickwad? He refused to play political games with the senate, so they forged very negative tellings of his life. He also persecuted Christians quite hard
and they shifted the blame of the burning of rome onto him
Which was a direct result of him losing a fiddle contest with the Devil! Rome would have been fine if not for his string-based hubris.