Was Nero Evil? I believe that people are innately good and have good intentions. Although Nero is highlighted for his evil deeds, I don't think he was an all around evil person. An evil person only intends to do harm in this world, and I don't believe that any person could ever only intend to do harm. People supported him as Emperor so he must have done something at least somewhat good.  I'm not trying to say that Nero was a good person because he definitely wasn't. He killed members of his own family and evidence shows that he raped and abused many people. So there's no way he's a good person by any means but I'm still not convinced that he is an evil person.